#55B2CD#55B2CD

#55B2CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.096 H 219.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55B2CD
RGB	rgb(85, 178, 205)
HSL	hsl(194, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(194, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 13.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.15, -19.73, -22.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.15, 29.55, 228.13°)
OKLab	oklab(71.76% -0.074 -0.0611)
OKLCH	oklch(71.76% 0.096 219.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.6818, 38.1769, 63.4977)
Luminance	0.3818 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55B2CD #CD7055

analogous

#55CDAC #55B2CD #5576CD

triadic

#55B2CD #CD55B2 #B2CD55

tetradic

#55B2CD #AC55CD #CD7055 #76CD55

square

#55B2CD #AC55CD #CD7055 #76CD55

split-complementary

#55B2CD #CD5576 #CDAC55

monochromatic

#266D82 #3495B1 #55B2CD #84C7DB #B4DDE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#55B2CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#55B2CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55B2CD

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55B2CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55B2CD	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1AECE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A0CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55b2cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 178, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.096 219.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc9dc',
    500: '#55b2cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55b2cd;
$custom-light: #8fc9dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55b2cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.5,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71757,
    "c": 0.09595,
    "h": 219.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55B2CD

secondary

#D7B1A6

accent

#6B4ADE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #55B2CD

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

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