#55B1CA#55B1CA

#55B1CA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.094 H 218.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55B1CA
RGB	rgb(85, 177, 202)
HSL	hsl(193, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(193, 58%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.9%, 12.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.75, -20.10, -20.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.75, 29.04, 226.21°)
OKLab	oklab(71.4% -0.074 -0.0582)
OKLCH	oklch(71.4% 0.094 218.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.1249, 37.6369, 61.5427)
Luminance	0.3764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55B1CA #CA6E55

analogous

#55CAA9 #55B1CA #5577CA

triadic

#55B1CA #CA55B1 #B1CA55

tetradic

#55B1CA #A955CA #CA6E55 #77CA55

square

#55B1CA #A955CA #CA6E55 #77CA55

split-complementary

#55B1CA #CA5577 #CAA955

monochromatic

#276B7D #3693AC #55B1CA #84C6D9 #B2DCE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#55B1CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#55B1CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55B1CA

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55B1CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55B1CA	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1ACCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A0CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55b1ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 177, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.094 218.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc8da',
    500: '#55b1ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55b1ca;
$custom-light: #8fc8da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55b1ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.821,
    "s": 52.466,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71402,
    "c": 0.09416,
    "h": 218.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55B1CA

secondary

#D5B0A5

accent

#6B4CDC

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FA

border

#CCD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #55B1CA

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

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