#55A0DD#55A0DD

#55A0DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.117 H 245.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A0DD
RGB	rgb(85, 160, 221)
HSL	hsl(207, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(207, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 27.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.58, -5.02, -37.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.58, 38.23, 262.45°)
OKLab	oklab(68.33% -0.0491 -0.1067)
OKLCH	oklch(68.33% 0.117 245.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.3634, 32.2905, 73.0778)
Luminance	0.3229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A0DD #DD9255

analogous

#55DDD6 #55A0DD #555CDD

triadic

#55A0DD #DD55A0 #A0DD55

tetradic

#55A0DD #D655DD #DD9255 #5CDD55

square

#55A0DD #D655DD #DD9255 #5CDD55

split-complementary

#55A0DD #DD555C #DDD655

monochromatic

#1F6299 #2983CC #55A0DD #88BCE7 #BBD9F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#55A0DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.46

#55A0DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55A0DD

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A0DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A0DD	1.00	2.82	7.46	7.46
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85A1E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7394DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a0dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 160, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.117 245.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90bbe8',
    500: '#55a0dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a0dd;
$custom-light: #90bbe8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a0dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.912,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68334,
    "c": 0.11745,
    "h": 245.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A0DD

secondary

#E1C4AD

accent

#8B3EEA

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A0DD

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

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