#55B2CF#55B2CF

#55B2CF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.097 H 221.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55B2CF
RGB	rgb(85, 178, 207)
HSL	hsl(194, 56%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(194, 59%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 14%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.22, -19.13, -23.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.22, 29.92, 230.24°)
OKLab	oklab(71.84% -0.0732 -0.0639)
OKLCH	oklch(71.84% 0.097 221.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.9247, 38.2741, 64.7773)
Luminance	0.3828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55B2CF #CF7255

analogous

#55CFAF #55B2CF #5575CF

triadic

#55B2CF #CF55B2 #B2CF55

tetradic

#55B2CF #AF55CF #CF7255 #75CF55

square

#55B2CF #AF55CF #CF7255 #75CF55

split-complementary

#55B2CF #CF5575 #CFAF55

monochromatic

#256E84 #3395B4 #55B2CF #85C8DC #B4DDEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#55B2CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#55B2CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55B2CF

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55B2CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55B2CF	1.00	2.43	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1AED1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA1CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55b2cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 178, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.097 221.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c9dd',
    500: '#55b2cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55b2cf;
$custom-light: #90c9dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55b2cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.262,
    "s": 55.963,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71837,
    "c": 0.09718,
    "h": 221.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55B2CF

secondary

#D9B3A7

accent

#6C49DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #55B2CF

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

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