#55A0DF#55A0DF

#55A0DF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.120 H 246.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A0DF
RGB	rgb(85, 160, 223)
HSL	hsl(207, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(207, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 28.3%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.67, -4.37, -38.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.67, 39.11, 263.58°)
OKLab	oklab(68.43% -0.0485 -0.1095)
OKLCH	oklch(68.43% 0.12 246.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.6315, 32.3978, 74.4895)
Luminance	0.3240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A0DF #DF9455

analogous

#55DFD9 #55A0DF #555BDF

triadic

#55A0DF #DF55A0 #A0DF55

tetradic

#55A0DF #D955DF #DF9455 #5BDF55

square

#55A0DF #D955DF #DF9455 #5BDF55

split-complementary

#55A0DF #DF555B #DFD955

monochromatic

#1D629C #2783D0 #55A0DF #89BDE9 #BCDAF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#55A0DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.48

#55A0DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55A0DF

7.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A0DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A0DF	1.00	2.81	7.48	7.48
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85A2E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7294DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a0df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 160, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.120 246.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91bbe9',
    500: '#55a0df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a0df;
$custom-light: #91bbe9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a0df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.391,
    "s": 68.317,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68432,
    "c": 0.11976,
    "h": 246.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A0DF

secondary

#E2C6AE

accent

#6B15D0

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A0DF

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

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