#55B3CA#55B3CA

#55B3CA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.094 H 216.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#55B3CA
RGBrgb(85, 179, 202)
HSLhsl(192, 52%, 56%)
HSVhsv(192, 58%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(57.9%, 11.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LABlab(68.34, -21.13, -20.07)
CIE-LCHlch(68.34, 29.14, 223.53°)
OKLaboklab(71.87% -0.0762 -0.0557)
OKLCHoklch(71.87% 0.094 216.1)
XYZxyz(30.5228, 38.4328, 61.6754)
Luminance0.3844 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#55B3CA #CA6C55
analogous
#55CAA7 #55B3CA #5579CA
triadic
#55B3CA #CA55B3 #B3CA55
tetradic
#55B3CA #A755CA #CA6C55 #79CA55
square
#55B3CA #A755CA #CA6C55 #79CA55
split-complementary
#55B3CA #CA5579 #CAA755
monochromatic
#276D7D #3695AC #55B3CA #84C8D9 #B2DDE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42
#55B3CA on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69
#55B3CA on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55B3CA
8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##55B3CA#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##55B3CA1.002.428.698.69
#FFFFFF2.421.0021.0021.00
#0000008.6921.001.001.00
##0000008.6921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A3AECB
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#92A1CA
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00BBBA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #55b3ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 179, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.094 216.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fcada',
    500: '#55b3ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #55b3ca;
$custom-light: #8fcada;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#55b3ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.795,
    "s": 52.466,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71872,
    "c": 0.09438,
    "h": 216.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#55B3CA
secondary
#D5AFA5
accent
#684CDC
background
#F9FCFD
surface
#F2F8FA
border
#CCD1D3
text
#0D1314
muted
#7E8283

Preview Lab

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#55B3CA Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva