#55ABCC#55ABCC

#55ABCC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.096 H 225.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55ABCC
RGB	rgb(85, 171, 204)
HSL	hsl(197, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(197, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.3%, 16.2%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.07, -16.35, -24.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.07, 29.57, 236.42°)
OKLab	oklab(70.08% -0.0667 -0.0686)
OKLCH	oklch(70.08% 0.096 225.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.2041, 35.4140, 62.4116)
Luminance	0.3542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55ABCC #CC7655

analogous

#55CCB2 #55ABCC #5570CC

triadic

#55ABCC #CC55AB #ABCC55

tetradic

#55ABCC #B255CC #CC7655 #70CC55

square

#55ABCC #B255CC #CC7655 #70CC55

split-complementary

#55ABCC #CC5570 #CCB255

monochromatic

#266780 #358DAF #55ABCC #84C2DA #B3DAE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#55ABCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#55ABCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55ABCC

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55ABCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55ABCC	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A8CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#889BCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55abcc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 171, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.096 225.8);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55abcc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.639,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70081,
    "c": 0.09569,
    "h": 225.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55ABCC

secondary

#D7B4A6

accent

#734BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #55ABCC

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

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