#55A0D5#55A0D5

#55A0D5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.109 H 241.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A0D5
RGB	rgb(85, 160, 213)
HSL	hsl(205, 60%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(205, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.1%, 24.9%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.24, -7.58, -34.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.24, 34.83, 257.43°)
OKLab	oklab(67.95% -0.0517 -0.0954)
OKLCH	oklch(67.95% 0.109 241.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.3229, 31.8743, 67.5976)
Luminance	0.3188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A0D5 #D58A55

analogous

#55D5CA #55A0D5 #5560D5

triadic

#55A0D5 #D555A0 #A0D555

tetradic

#55A0D5 #CA55D5 #D58A55 #60D555

square

#55A0D5 #CA55D5 #D58A55 #60D555

split-complementary

#55A0D5 #D55560 #D5CA55

monochromatic

#23618D #2F83BE #55A0D5 #86BBE1 #B7D7ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#55A0D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.38

#55A0D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55A0D5

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A0D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A0D5	1.00	2.85	7.38	7.38
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88A0D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7793D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a0d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 160, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.109 241.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fbce2',
    500: '#55a0d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a0d5;
$custom-light: #8fbce2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a0d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.844,
    "s": 60.377,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67949,
    "c": 0.10851,
    "h": 241.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A0D5

secondary

#DCBFA9

accent

#8644E4

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F6FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A0D5

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

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