#55A2D9#55A2D9

#55A2D9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.112 H 241.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A2D9
RGB	rgb(85, 162, 217)
HSL	hsl(205, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(205, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 25.3%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.98, -7.42, -35.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.98, 35.84, 258.05°)
OKLab	oklab(68.59% -0.0525 -0.0985)
OKLCH	oklch(68.59% 0.112 241.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.1863, 32.7789, 70.4210)
Luminance	0.3278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A2D9 #D98C55

analogous

#55D9CE #55A2D9 #5560D9

triadic

#55A2D9 #D955A2 #A2D955

tetradic

#55A2D9 #CE55D9 #D98C55 #60D955

square

#55A2D9 #CE55D9 #D98C55 #60D955

split-complementary

#55A2D9 #D95560 #D9CE55

monochromatic

#216393 #2C85C5 #55A2D9 #87BDE4 #B9D9EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#55A2D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.56

#55A2D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55A2D9

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A2D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A2D9	1.00	2.78	7.56	7.56
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89A2DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7895D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a2d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 162, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.112 241.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90bde5',
    500: '#55a2d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a2d9;
$custom-light: #90bde5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a2d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205,
    "s": 63.462,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68593,
    "c": 0.11159,
    "h": 241.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A2D9

secondary

#DFC1AB

accent

#8641E6

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1215

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A2D9

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

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