#55ABC4#55ABC4

#55ABC4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.090 H 219.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55ABC4
RGB	rgb(85, 171, 196)
HSL	hsl(194, 48%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(194, 57%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.6%, 12.8%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.78, -18.74, -20.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.78, 27.89, 227.77°)
OKLab	oklab(69.75% -0.0698 -0.0573)
OKLCH	oklch(69.75% 0.09 219.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.2691, 35.0400, 57.4875)
Luminance	0.3504 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55ABC4 #C46E55

analogous

#55C4A6 #55ABC4 #5573C4

triadic

#55ABC4 #C455AB #ABC455

tetradic

#55ABC4 #A655C4 #C46E55 #73C455

square

#55ABC4 #A655C4 #C46E55 #73C455

split-complementary

#55ABC4 #C45573 #C4A655

monochromatic

#296476 #398BA3 #55ABC4 #82C1D4 #B0D8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#55ABC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#55ABC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55ABC4

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55ABC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55ABC4	1.00	2.62	8.01	8.01
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA7C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B9BC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55abc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 171, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.090 219.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec4d6',
    500: '#55abc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55abc4;
$custom-light: #8ec4d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55abc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.514,
    "s": 48.472,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69754,
    "c": 0.09029,
    "h": 219.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55ABC4

secondary

#D2AEA3

accent

#6E50D8

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #55ABC4

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

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