#55AFCB#55AFCB

#55AFCB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.095 H 221.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55AFCB
RGB	rgb(85, 175, 203)
HSL	hsl(194, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(194, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.1%, 13.8%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.20, -18.76, -22.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.20, 29.18, 229.99°)
OKLab	oklab(70.97% -0.0715 -0.0621)
OKLCH	oklch(70.97% 0.095 221)
XYZ	xyz(29.8515, 36.9002, 62.0376)
Luminance	0.3690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55AFCB #CB7155

analogous

#55CBAC #55AFCB #5574CB

triadic

#55AFCB #CB55AF #AFCB55

tetradic

#55AFCB #AC55CB #CB7155 #74CB55

square

#55AFCB #AC55CB #CB7155 #74CB55

split-complementary

#55AFCB #CB5574 #CBAC55

monochromatic

#276A7F #3591AE #55AFCB #84C5D9 #B3DBE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#55AFCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#55AFCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55AFCB

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55AFCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55AFCB	1.00	2.51	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EABCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D9ECB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55afcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 175, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.095 221.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc7da',
    500: '#55afcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55afcb;
$custom-light: #8fc7da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55afcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.237,
    "s": 53.153,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70974,
    "c": 0.09469,
    "h": 221
  },
  "luminance": 0.36903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55AFCB

secondary

#D6B1A6

accent

#6E4BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FA

border

#CCD1D3

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #55AFCB

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

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