#55B2CC#55B2CC

#55B2CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.095 H 218.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55B2CC
RGB	rgb(85, 178, 204)
HSL	hsl(193, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(193, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.3%, 12.7%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.12, -20.02, -21.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.12, 29.39, 227.05°)
OKLab	oklab(71.72% -0.0743 -0.0597)
OKLCH	oklch(71.72% 0.095 218.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.5615, 38.1287, 62.8640)
Luminance	0.3813 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55B2CC #CC6F55

analogous

#55CCAB #55B2CC #5577CC

triadic

#55B2CC #CC55B2 #B2CC55

tetradic

#55B2CC #AB55CC #CC6F55 #77CC55

square

#55B2CC #AB55CC #CC6F55 #77CC55

split-complementary

#55B2CC #CC5577 #CCAB55

monochromatic

#266D80 #3594AF #55B2CC #84C7DA #B3DDE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#55B2CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#55B2CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55B2CC

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55B2CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55B2CC	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1ADCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A0CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55b2cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 178, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.095 218.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc9db',
    500: '#55b2cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55b2cc;
$custom-light: #8fc9db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55b2cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.109,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71717,
    "c": 0.09537,
    "h": 218.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55B2CC

secondary

#D7B1A6

accent

#6B4BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #55B2CC

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

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