#55ABCB#55ABCB

#55ABCB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.095 H 225.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55ABCB
RGB	rgb(85, 171, 203)
HSL	hsl(196, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(196, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.1%, 15.8%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.03, -16.66, -24.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.03, 29.33, 235.40°)
OKLab	oklab(70.04% -0.0671 -0.0672)
OKLCH	oklch(70.04% 0.095 225)
XYZ	xyz(29.0845, 35.3661, 61.7819)
Luminance	0.3537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55ABCB #CB7555

analogous

#55CBB0 #55ABCB #5570CB

triadic

#55ABCB #CB55AB #ABCB55

tetradic

#55ABCB #B055CB #CB7555 #70CB55

square

#55ABCB #B055CB #CB7555 #70CB55

split-complementary

#55ABCB #CB5570 #CBB055

monochromatic

#27677F #358DAE #55ABCB #84C2D9 #B3D9E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#55ABCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#55ABCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55ABCB

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55ABCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55ABCB	1.00	2.60	8.07	8.07
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A8CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#889BCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55abcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 171, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.095 225.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc4db',
    500: '#55abcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55abcb;
$custom-light: #8fc4db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55abcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.271,
    "s": 53.153,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7004,
    "c": 0.09495,
    "h": 225
  },
  "luminance": 0.35369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55ABCB

secondary

#D6B3A6

accent

#734BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FA

border

#CCD1D3

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #55ABCB

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

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