#55A2DB#55A2DB

#55A2DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.114 H 242.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A2DB
RGB	rgb(85, 162, 219)
HSL	hsl(206, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(206, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 26%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.07, -6.78, -36.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.07, 36.67, 259.34°)
OKLab	oklab(68.69% -0.0519 -0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(68.69% 0.114 242.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.4480, 32.8836, 71.7994)
Luminance	0.3289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A2DB #DB8E55

analogous

#55DBD1 #55A2DB #555FDB

triadic

#55A2DB #DB55A2 #A2DB55

tetradic

#55A2DB #D155DB #DB8E55 #5FDB55

square

#55A2DB #D155DB #DB8E55 #5FDB55

split-complementary

#55A2DB #DB555F #DBD155

monochromatic

#206496 #2A85C8 #55A2DB #88BEE6 #BAD9F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#55A2DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.58

#55A2DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55A2DB

7.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A2DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A2DB	1.00	2.77	7.58	7.58
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89A3DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7795DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a2db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 162, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.114 242.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90bde6',
    500: '#55a2db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a2db;
$custom-light: #90bde6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a2db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.522,
    "s": 65.049,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68688,
    "c": 0.11379,
    "h": 242.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A2DB

secondary

#E0C2AC

accent

#8740E8

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A2DB

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

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