#55A2CD#55A2CD

#55A2CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.099 H 235.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A2CD
RGB	rgb(85, 162, 205)
HSL	hsl(202, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(202, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 21%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.49, -11.20, -29.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.49, 31.24, 249.00°)
OKLab	oklab(68.04% -0.0565 -0.0815)
OKLCH	oklch(68.04% 0.099 235.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.6819, 32.1771, 62.4978)
Luminance	0.3218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A2CD #CD8055

analogous

#55CDBC #55A2CD #5566CD

triadic

#55A2CD #CD55A2 #A2CD55

tetradic

#55A2CD #BC55CD #CD8055 #66CD55

square

#55A2CD #BC55CD #CD8055 #66CD55

split-complementary

#55A2CD #CD5566 #CDBC55

monochromatic

#266182 #3484B1 #55A2CD #84BCDB #B4D6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#55A2CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.44

#55A2CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55A2CD

7.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A2CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A2CD	1.00	2.82	7.44	7.44
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA1CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D94CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a2cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 162, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.099 235.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fbddc',
    500: '#55a2cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a2cd;
$custom-light: #8fbddc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a2cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.5,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6804,
    "c": 0.09919,
    "h": 235.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3218
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A2CD

secondary

#D7B8A6

accent

#7F4ADE

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F6FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A2CD

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

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