#55A0D9#55A0D9

#55A0D9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.113 H 243.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A0D9
RGB	rgb(85, 160, 217)
HSL	hsl(206, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(206, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 26.3%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.41, -6.31, -35.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.41, 36.50, 260.05°)
OKLab	oklab(68.14% -0.0504 -0.1011)
OKLCH	oklch(68.14% 0.113 243.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.8368, 32.0799, 70.3045)
Luminance	0.3208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A0D9 #D98E55

analogous

#55D9D0 #55A0D9 #555ED9

triadic

#55A0D9 #D955A0 #A0D955

tetradic

#55A0D9 #D055D9 #D98E55 #5ED955

square

#55A0D9 #D055D9 #D98E55 #5ED955

split-complementary

#55A0D9 #D9555E #D9D055

monochromatic

#216293 #2C83C5 #55A0D9 #87BCE4 #B9D8EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#55A0D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.42

#55A0D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55A0D9

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A0D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A0D9	1.00	2.83	7.42	7.42
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87A1DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7594D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a0d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 160, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.113 243.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90bbe5',
    500: '#55a0d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a0d9;
$custom-light: #90bbe5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a0d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.909,
    "s": 63.462,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6814,
    "c": 0.11292,
    "h": 243.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A0D9

secondary

#DFC1AB

accent

#8941E6

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1115

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A0D9

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

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