#55B2C8#55B2C8

#55B2C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.093 H 215.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55B2C8
RGB	rgb(85, 178, 200)
HSL	hsl(191, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(191, 58%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.5%, 11%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.98, -21.20, -19.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.98, 28.82, 222.64°)
OKLab	oklab(71.56% -0.0759 -0.0541)
OKLCH	oklch(71.56% 0.093 215.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.0879, 37.9393, 60.3698)
Luminance	0.3794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55B2C8 #C86B55

analogous

#55C8A4 #55B2C8 #5578C8

triadic

#55B2C8 #C855B2 #B2C855

tetradic

#55B2C8 #A455C8 #C86B55 #78C855

square

#55B2C8 #A455C8 #C86B55 #78C855

split-complementary

#55B2C8 #C85578 #C8A455

monochromatic

#286B7B #3793A9 #55B2C8 #83C7D7 #B1DCE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#55B2C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#55B2C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55B2C8

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55B2C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55B2C8	1.00	2.45	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3ADC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A0C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55b2c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 178, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.093 215.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc9d8',
    500: '#55b2c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55b2c8;
$custom-light: #8fc9d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55b2c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.478,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71559,
    "c": 0.09323,
    "h": 215.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55B2C8

secondary

#D4AEA5

accent

#684DDB

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FA

border

#CCD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #55B2C8

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

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