#55A1CD#55A1CD

#55A1CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.100 H 236.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A1CD
RGB	rgb(85, 161, 205)
HSL	hsl(202, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(202, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 21.5%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.20, -10.65, -29.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.20, 31.47, 250.22°)
OKLab	oklab(67.81% -0.0554 -0.0828)
OKLCH	oklch(67.81% 0.1 236.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.5065, 31.8262, 62.4393)
Luminance	0.3183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A1CD #CD8155

analogous

#55CDBD #55A1CD #5565CD

triadic

#55A1CD #CD55A1 #A1CD55

tetradic

#55A1CD #BD55CD #CD8155 #65CD55

square

#55A1CD #BD55CD #CD8155 #65CD55

split-complementary

#55A1CD #CD5565 #CDBD55

monochromatic

#266082 #3483B1 #55A1CD #84BBDB #B4D5E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#55A1CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.37

#55A1CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55A1CD

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A1CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A1CD	1.00	2.85	7.37	7.37
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA0CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C94CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a1cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 161, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.100 236.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fbcdc',
    500: '#55a1cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a1cd;
$custom-light: #8fbcdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a1cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67809,
    "c": 0.09965,
    "h": 236.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A1CD

secondary

#D7B8A6

accent

#804ADE

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A1CD

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

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