#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
RGB	rgb(85, 160, 220)
HSL	hsl(207, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(207, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 27.3%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.54, -5.34, -37.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.54, 37.79, 261.87°)
OKLab	oklab(68.29% -0.0494 -0.1053)
OKLCH	oklch(68.29% 0.116 244.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.2306, 32.2374, 72.3783)
Luminance	0.3224 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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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
##55A0DC	1.00	2.82	7.45	7.45
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #55A0DC

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

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