#55ABBD#55ABBD

#55ABBD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.087 H 213.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55ABBD
RGB	rgb(85, 171, 189)
HSL	hsl(190, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(190, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(55%, 9.5%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.54, -20.79, -17.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.54, 26.94, 219.49°)
OKLab	oklab(69.48% -0.0726 -0.0474)
OKLCH	oklch(69.48% 0.087 213.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.4909, 34.7287, 53.3888)
Luminance	0.3473 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55ABBD #BD6755

analogous

#55BD9B #55ABBD #5577BD

triadic

#55ABBD #BD55AB #ABBD55

tetradic

#55ABBD #9B55BD #BD6755 #77BD55

square

#55ABBD #9B55BD #BD6755 #77BD55

split-complementary

#55ABBD #BD5577 #BD9B55

monochromatic

#2A626D #3C8999 #55ABBD #81C1CE #ADD7DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#55ABBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#55ABBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55ABBD

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55ABBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55ABBD	1.00	2.64	7.95	7.95
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA6BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D9ABD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55abbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 171, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.087 213.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc4d0',
    500: '#55abbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55abbd;
$custom-light: #8dc4d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55abbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.385,
    "s": 44.068,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69479,
    "c": 0.08668,
    "h": 213.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55ABBD

secondary

#CDA8A1

accent

#6A54D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #55ABBD

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

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