#55AABE#55AABE

#55AABE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.087 H 215.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55AABE
RGB	rgb(85, 170, 190)
HSL	hsl(191, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(191, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.3%, 10.5%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.28, -19.98, -18.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.28, 26.95, 222.14°)
OKLab	oklab(69.28% -0.071 -0.0501)
OKLCH	oklch(69.28% 0.087 215.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.4116, 34.3959, 53.8997)
Luminance	0.3440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#55AABE #BE6955

analogous

#55BE9E #55AABE #5576BE

triadic

#55AABE #BE55AA #AABE55

tetradic

#55AABE #9E55BE #BE6955 #76BE55

square

#55AABE #9E55BE #BE6955 #76BE55

split-complementary

#55AABE #BE5576 #BE9E55

monochromatic

#2A616E #3B889B #55AABE #81C0CF #AED6E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#55AABE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#55AABE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55AABE

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55AABE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55AABE	1.00	2.67	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA5BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C99BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55aabe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 170, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.087 215.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc3d1',
    500: '#55aabe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55aabe;
$custom-light: #8dc3d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55aabe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.429,
    "s": 44.681,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69281,
    "c": 0.0869,
    "h": 215.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55AABE

secondary

#CEAAA1

accent

#6C53D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #55AABE

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

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