#55A0DB#55A0DB

#55A0DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.115 H 244.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A0DB
RGB	rgb(85, 160, 219)
HSL	hsl(206, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(206, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 26.9%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.50, -5.66, -36.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.50, 37.36, 261.28°)
OKLab	oklab(68.24% -0.0497 -0.1039)
OKLCH	oklch(68.24% 0.115 244.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.0985, 32.1846, 71.6829)
Luminance	0.3219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A0DB #DB9055

analogous

#55DBD3 #55A0DB #555DDB

triadic

#55A0DB #DB55A0 #A0DB55

tetradic

#55A0DB #D355DB #DB9055 #5DDB55

square

#55A0DB #D355DB #DB9055 #5DDB55

split-complementary

#55A0DB #DB555D #DBD355

monochromatic

#206296 #2A83C8 #55A0DB #88BCE6 #BAD8F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#55A0DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.44

#55A0DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55A0DB

7.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A0DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A0DB	1.00	2.82	7.44	7.44
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86A1DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7494DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a0db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 160, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.115 244.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90bbe6',
    500: '#55a0db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a0db;
$custom-light: #90bbe6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a0db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.418,
    "s": 65.049,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68236,
    "c": 0.11517,
    "h": 244.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A0DB

secondary

#E0C3AC

accent

#8A40E8

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A0DB

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

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