#55B2CB#55B2CB

#55B2CB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.095 H 218.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55B2CB
RGB	rgb(85, 178, 203)
HSL	hsl(193, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(193, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.1%, 12.3%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.08, -20.32, -21.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.08, 29.23, 225.96°)
OKLab	oklab(71.68% -0.0747 -0.0583)
OKLCH	oklch(71.68% 0.095 218)
XYZ	xyz(30.4419, 38.0809, 62.2344)
Luminance	0.3808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55B2CB #CB6E55

analogous

#55CBA9 #55B2CB #5577CB

triadic

#55B2CB #CB55B2 #B2CB55

tetradic

#55B2CB #A955CB #CB6E55 #77CB55

square

#55B2CB #A955CB #CB6E55 #77CB55

split-complementary

#55B2CB #CB5577 #CBA955

monochromatic

#276C7F #3594AE #55B2CB #84C7D9 #B3DCE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#55B2CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#55B2CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55B2CB

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55B2CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55B2CB	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2ADCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A0CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55b2cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 178, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.095 218.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc9da',
    500: '#55b2cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55b2cb;
$custom-light: #8fc9da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55b2cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.712,
    "s": 53.153,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71677,
    "c": 0.09481,
    "h": 218
  },
  "luminance": 0.38084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55B2CB

secondary

#D6B0A6

accent

#6A4BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FA

border

#CCD1D3

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #55B2CB

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

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