#55ABC5#55ABC5

#55ABC5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.091 H 220.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55ABC5
RGB	rgb(85, 171, 197)
HSL	hsl(194, 49%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(194, 57%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.9%, 13.2%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.82, -18.45, -21.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.82, 28.06, 228.90°)
OKLab	oklab(69.79% -0.0694 -0.0587)
OKLCH	oklch(69.79% 0.091 220.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.3833, 35.0857, 58.0889)
Luminance	0.3509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55ABC5 #C56F55

analogous

#55C5A7 #55ABC5 #5573C5

triadic

#55ABC5 #C555AB #ABC555

tetradic

#55ABC5 #A755C5 #C56F55 #73C555

square

#55ABC5 #A755C5 #C56F55 #73C555

split-complementary

#55ABC5 #C55573 #C5A755

monochromatic

#296577 #388BA5 #55ABC5 #83C2D5 #B0D8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#55ABC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#55ABC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55ABC5

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55ABC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55ABC5	1.00	2.62	8.02	8.02
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA7C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B9BC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55abc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 171, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.091 220.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec4d6',
    500: '#55abc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55abc5;
$custom-light: #8ec4d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55abc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.929,
    "s": 49.123,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69794,
    "c": 0.0909,
    "h": 220.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55ABC5

secondary

#D2AEA3

accent

#6F4FD9

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #55ABC5

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

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