#55ACC0#55ACC0

#55ACC0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.088 H 214.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55ACC0
RGB	rgb(85, 172, 192)
HSL	hsl(191, 46%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(191, 56%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.7%, 10.4%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.93, -20.44, -18.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.93, 27.36, 221.68°)
OKLab	oklab(69.83% -0.0725 -0.0504)
OKLCH	oklch(69.83% 0.088 214.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.0095, 35.2395, 55.1848)
Luminance	0.3524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55ACC0 #C06955

analogous

#55C09F #55ACC0 #5577C0

triadic

#55ACC0 #C055AC #ACC055

tetradic

#55ACC0 #9F55C0 #C06955 #77C055

square

#55ACC0 #9F55C0 #C06955 #77C055

split-complementary

#55ACC0 #C05577 #C09F55

monochromatic

#2A6471 #3A8B9D #55ACC0 #82C2D1 #AED8E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#55ACC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#55ACC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55ACC0

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55ACC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55ACC0	1.00	2.61	8.05	8.05
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA7C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D9BC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55acc0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 172, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.088 214.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec5d3',
    500: '#55acc0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55acc0;
$custom-light: #8ec5d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55acc0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.215,
    "s": 45.923,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69832,
    "c": 0.08827,
    "h": 214.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55ACC0

secondary

#CFAAA2

accent

#6B52D6

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #55ACC0

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

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