#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
RGB	rgb(85, 170, 189)
HSL	hsl(191, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(191, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(55%, 10.1%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.24, -20.27, -17.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.24, 26.83, 220.93°)
OKLab	oklab(69.24% -0.0714 -0.0487)
OKLCH	oklch(69.24% 0.086 214.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.3027, 34.3523, 53.3261)
Luminance	0.3436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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
##55AABD	1.00	2.67	7.87	7.87
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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