#55A0DA#55A0DA

#55A0DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.114 H 244.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A0DA
RGB	rgb(85, 160, 218)
HSL	hsl(206, 64%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(206, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 26.6%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.45, -5.98, -36.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.45, 36.93, 260.67°)
OKLab	oklab(68.19% -0.0501 -0.1025)
OKLCH	oklch(68.19% 0.114 244)
XYZ	xyz(28.9673, 32.1321, 70.9916)
Luminance	0.3214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A0DA #DA8F55

analogous

#55DAD1 #55A0DA #555EDA

triadic

#55A0DA #DA55A0 #A0DA55

tetradic

#55A0DA #D155DA #DA8F55 #5EDA55

square

#55A0DA #D155DA #DA8F55 #5EDA55

split-complementary

#55A0DA #DA555E #DAD155

monochromatic

#206294 #2B83C7 #55A0DA #87BCE5 #BAD8F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#55A0DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.43

#55A0DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55A0DA

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A0DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A0DA	1.00	2.83	7.43	7.43
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86A1DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7494D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a0da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 160, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.114 244.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90bbe5',
    500: '#55a0da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a0da;
$custom-light: #90bbe5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a0da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.165,
    "s": 64.251,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68188,
    "c": 0.11404,
    "h": 244
  },
  "luminance": 0.32135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A0DA

secondary

#DFC2AB

accent

#8941E7

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A0DA

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

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