#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
RGB	rgb(85, 179, 202)
HSL	hsl(192, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(192, 58%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.9%, 11.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.34, -21.13, -20.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.34, 29.14, 223.53°)
OKLab	oklab(71.87% -0.0762 -0.0557)
OKLCH	oklch(71.87% 0.094 216.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.5228, 38.4328, 61.6754)
Luminance	0.3844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##55B3CA	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #55B3CA

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

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