#55A1DC#55A1DC

#55A1DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.116 H 244.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A1DC
RGB	rgb(85, 161, 220)
HSL	hsl(206, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(206, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 26.8%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.82, -5.90, -36.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.82, 37.43, 260.93°)
OKLab	oklab(68.51% -0.0505 -0.104)
OKLCH	oklch(68.51% 0.116 244.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.4046, 32.5855, 72.4363)
Luminance	0.3259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A1DC #DC9055

analogous

#55DCD3 #55A1DC #555EDC

triadic

#55A1DC #DC55A1 #A1DC55

tetradic

#55A1DC #D355DC #DC9055 #5EDC55

square

#55A1DC #D355DC #DC9055 #5EDC55

split-complementary

#55A1DC #DC555E #DCD355

monochromatic

#1F6397 #2A84CA #55A1DC #88BDE6 #BBD9F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#55A1DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.52

#55A1DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55A1DC

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A1DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A1DC	1.00	2.79	7.52	7.52
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87A2DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7595DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a1dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 161, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.116 244.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90bce7',
    500: '#55a1dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a1dc;
$custom-light: #90bce7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a1dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.222,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6851,
    "c": 0.11559,
    "h": 244.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A1DC

secondary

#E0C3AC

accent

#893FE9

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A1DC

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

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