#55B2C5#55B2C5

#55B2C5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.092 H 212.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55B2C5
RGB	rgb(85, 178, 197)
HSL	hsl(190, 49%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(190, 57%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.9%, 9.6%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.87, -22.07, -18.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.87, 28.50, 219.23°)
OKLab	oklab(71.44% -0.0771 -0.0499)
OKLCH	oklch(71.44% 0.092 212.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.7407, 37.8004, 58.5414)
Luminance	0.3780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55B2C5 #C56855

analogous

#55C5A0 #55B2C5 #557AC5

triadic

#55B2C5 #C555B2 #B2C555

tetradic

#55B2C5 #A055C5 #C56855 #7AC555

square

#55B2C5 #A055C5 #C56855 #7AC555

split-complementary

#55B2C5 #C5557A #C5A055

monochromatic

#296A77 #3892A5 #55B2C5 #83C7D5 #B0DBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#55B2C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#55B2C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55B2C5

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55B2C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55B2C5	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3ADC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A0C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55b2c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 178, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.092 212.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc9d6',
    500: '#55b2c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55b2c5;
$custom-light: #8fc9d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55b2c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.179,
    "s": 49.123,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71442,
    "c": 0.09185,
    "h": 212.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55B2C5

secondary

#D2ABA3

accent

#664FD9

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FA

border

#CCD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #55B2C5

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

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