#55A1DD#55A1DD

#55A1DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.117 H 244.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A1DD
RGB	rgb(85, 161, 221)
HSL	hsl(206, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(206, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 27.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.87, -5.58, -37.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.87, 37.87, 261.52°)
OKLab	oklab(68.56% -0.0502 -0.1054)
OKLCH	oklch(68.56% 0.117 244.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.5375, 32.6386, 73.1359)
Luminance	0.3264 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A1DD #DD9155

analogous

#55DDD5 #55A1DD #555DDD

triadic

#55A1DD #DD55A1 #A1DD55

tetradic

#55A1DD #D555DD #DD9155 #5DDD55

square

#55A1DD #D555DD #DD9155 #5DDD55

split-complementary

#55A1DD #DD555D #DDD555

monochromatic

#1F6399 #2984CC #55A1DD #88BDE7 #BBD9F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#55A1DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.53

#55A1DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55A1DD

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A1DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A1DD	1.00	2.79	7.53	7.53
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87A2E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7495DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a1dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 161, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.117 244.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90bce8',
    500: '#55a1dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a1dd;
$custom-light: #90bce8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a1dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.471,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68559,
    "c": 0.11673,
    "h": 244.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A1DD

secondary

#E1C4AD

accent

#8A3EEA

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A1DD

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

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