#55A0DC#55A0DC

#55A0DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.116 H 244.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#55A0DC
RGBrgb(85, 160, 220)
HSLhsl(207, 66%, 60%)
HSVhsv(207, 61%, 86%)
CMYKcmyk(61.4%, 27.3%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LABlab(63.54, -5.34, -37.41)
CIE-LCHlch(63.54, 37.79, 261.87°)
OKLaboklab(68.29% -0.0494 -0.1053)
OKLCHoklch(68.29% 0.116 244.8)
XYZxyz(29.2306, 32.2374, 72.3783)
Luminance0.3224 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#55A0DC #DC9155
analogous
#55DCD5 #55A0DC #555CDC
triadic
#55A0DC #DC55A0 #A0DC55
tetradic
#55A0DC #D555DC #DC9155 #5CDC55
square
#55A0DC #D555DC #DC9155 #5CDC55
split-complementary
#55A0DC #DC555C #DCD555
monochromatic
#1F6297 #2A83CA #55A0DC #88BCE6 #BBD9F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82
#55A0DC on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.45
#55A0DC on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55A0DC
7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##55A0DC#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##55A0DC1.002.827.457.45
#FFFFFF2.821.0021.0021.00
#0000007.4521.001.001.00
##0000007.4521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#86A1DF
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7394DB
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00AEB5
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #55a0dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 160, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.116 244.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90bbe7',
    500: '#55a0dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #55a0dc;
$custom-light: #90bbe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#55a0dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.667,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68285,
    "c": 0.11631,
    "h": 244.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#55A0DC
secondary
#E0C4AC
accent
#8A3FE9
background
#F9FBFE
surface
#F2F6FC
border
#CCD0D5
text
#0E1116
muted
#7E8084

Preview Lab

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#55A0DC Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva