#55A0D7#55A0D7

#55A0D7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.111 H 242.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A0D7
RGB	rgb(85, 160, 215)
HSL	hsl(205, 62%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(205, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 25.6%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.32, -6.94, -34.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.32, 35.66, 258.77°)
OKLab	oklab(68.04% -0.051 -0.0982)
OKLCH	oklch(68.04% 0.111 242.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.5783, 31.9765, 68.9428)
Luminance	0.3198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A0D7 #D78C55

analogous

#55D7CD #55A0D7 #555FD7

triadic

#55A0D7 #D755A0 #A0D755

tetradic

#55A0D7 #CD55D7 #D78C55 #5FD755

square

#55A0D7 #CD55D7 #D78C55 #5FD755

split-complementary

#55A0D7 #D7555F #D7CD55

monochromatic

#226190 #2D83C1 #55A0D7 #87BCE3 #B8D7EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#55A0D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.40

#55A0D7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55A0D7

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A0D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A0D7	1.00	2.84	7.40	7.40
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88A1DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7694D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a0d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 160, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.111 242.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90bce3',
    500: '#55a0d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a0d7;
$custom-light: #90bce3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a0d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.385,
    "s": 61.905,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68044,
    "c": 0.1107,
    "h": 242.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A0D7

secondary

#DEC0AA

accent

#8743E5

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F6FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A0D7

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

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