#55AABD#55AABD

#55AABD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.086 H 214.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#55AABD
RGBrgb(85, 170, 189)
HSLhsl(191, 44%, 54%)
HSVhsv(191, 55%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(55%, 10.1%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LABlab(65.24, -20.27, -17.58)
CIE-LCHlch(65.24, 26.83, 220.93°)
OKLaboklab(69.24% -0.0714 -0.0487)
OKLCHoklch(69.24% 0.086 214.3)
XYZxyz(27.3027, 34.3523, 53.3261)
Luminance0.3436 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#55AABD #BD6855
analogous
#55BD9C #55AABD #5576BD
triadic
#55AABD #BD55AA #AABD55
tetradic
#55AABD #9C55BD #BD6855 #76BD55
square
#55AABD #9C55BD #BD6855 #76BD55
split-complementary
#55AABD #BD5576 #BD9C55
monochromatic
#2A616D #3C8899 #55AABD #81C0CE #ADD6DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67
#55AABD on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87
#55AABD on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55AABD
7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##55AABD#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##55AABD1.002.677.877.87
#FFFFFF2.671.0021.0021.00
#0000007.8721.001.001.00
##0000007.8721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9CA5BE
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8C99BD
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B1B0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #55aabd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 170, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.086 214.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc3d0',
    500: '#55aabd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #55aabd;
$custom-light: #8dc3d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#55aabd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.962,
    "s": 44.068,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69242,
    "c": 0.08643,
    "h": 214.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#55AABD
secondary
#CDA9A1
accent
#6B54D4
background
#F9FCFC
surface
#F1F8F9
border
#CBD1D2
text
#0D1214
muted
#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #55AABD

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#55AABD Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva