#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
RGBrgb(85, 160, 213)
HSLhsl(205, 60%, 58%)
HSVhsv(205, 60%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(60.1%, 24.9%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LABlab(63.24, -7.58, -34.00)
CIE-LCHlch(63.24, 34.83, 257.43°)
OKLaboklab(67.95% -0.0517 -0.0954)
OKLCHoklch(67.95% 0.109 241.6)
XYZxyz(28.3229, 31.8743, 67.5976)
Luminance0.3188 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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
##55A0D51.002.857.387.38
#FFFFFF2.851.0021.0021.00
#0000007.3821.001.001.00
##0000007.3821.001.001.00

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

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#55A0D5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva