#55B2CA#55B2CA

#55B2CA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.094 H 217.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55B2CA
RGB	rgb(85, 178, 202)
HSL	hsl(192, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(192, 58%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.9%, 11.9%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.05, -20.61, -20.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.05, 29.08, 224.86°)
OKLab	oklab(71.64% -0.0751 -0.0569)
OKLCH	oklch(71.64% 0.094 217.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.3231, 38.0334, 61.6088)
Luminance	0.3804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55B2CA #CA6D55

analogous

#55CAA8 #55B2CA #5578CA

triadic

#55B2CA #CA55B2 #B2CA55

tetradic

#55B2CA #A855CA #CA6D55 #78CA55

square

#55B2CA #A855CA #CA6D55 #78CA55

split-complementary

#55B2CA #CA5578 #CAA855

monochromatic

#276C7D #3694AC #55B2CA #84C7D9 #B2DCE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#55B2CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#55B2CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55B2CA

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55B2CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55B2CA	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2ADCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A0CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55b2ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 178, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.094 217.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc9da',
    500: '#55b2ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55b2ca;
$custom-light: #8fc9da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55b2ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.308,
    "s": 52.466,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71637,
    "c": 0.09426,
    "h": 217.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55B2CA

secondary

#D5AFA5

accent

#694CDC

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FA

border

#CCD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #55B2CA

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

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