#55ABCF#55ABCF

#55ABCF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.098 H 228.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55ABCF
RGB	rgb(85, 171, 207)
HSL	hsl(198, 56%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(198, 59%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 17.4%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.18, -15.44, -26.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.18, 30.35, 239.41°)
OKLab	oklab(70.21% -0.0656 -0.0728)
OKLCH	oklch(70.21% 0.098 228)
XYZ	xyz(29.5673, 35.5593, 64.3248)
Luminance	0.3556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55ABCF #CF7955

analogous

#55CFB6 #55ABCF #556ECF

triadic

#55ABCF #CF55AB #ABCF55

tetradic

#55ABCF #B655CF #CF7955 #6ECF55

square

#55ABCF #B655CF #CF7955 #6ECF55

split-complementary

#55ABCF #CF556E #CFB655

monochromatic

#256884 #338EB4 #55ABCF #85C3DC #B4DAEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#55ABCF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#55ABCF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55ABCF

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55ABCF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55ABCF	1.00	2.59	8.11	8.11
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A8D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#879BCF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55abcf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 171, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.098 228.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc4dd',
    500: '#55abcf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55abcf;
$custom-light: #8fc4dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55abcf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.705,
    "s": 55.963,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70208,
    "c": 0.09802,
    "h": 228
  },
  "luminance": 0.35562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55ABCF

secondary

#D9B6A7

accent

#7549DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #55ABCF

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

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