#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
RGBrgb(85, 175, 203)
HSLhsl(194, 53%, 56%)
HSVhsv(194, 58%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(58.1%, 13.8%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LABlab(67.20, -18.76, -22.35)
CIE-LCHlch(67.20, 29.18, 229.99°)
OKLaboklab(70.97% -0.0715 -0.0621)
OKLCHoklch(70.97% 0.095 221)
XYZxyz(29.8515, 36.9002, 62.0376)
Luminance0.3690 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

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
##55AFCB1.002.518.388.38
#FFFFFF2.511.0021.0021.00
#0000008.3821.001.001.00
##0000008.3821.001.001.00

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

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#55AFCB Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva