#55A2DD#55A2DD

#55A2DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.116 H 243.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A2DD
RGB	rgb(85, 162, 221)
HSL	hsl(206, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(206, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 26.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.15, -6.14, -37.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.15, 37.51, 260.58°)
OKLab	oklab(68.78% -0.0512 -0.1041)
OKLCH	oklch(68.78% 0.116 243.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.7129, 32.9895, 73.1943)
Luminance	0.3299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A2DD #DD9055

analogous

#55DDD4 #55A2DD #555EDD

triadic

#55A2DD #DD55A2 #A2DD55

tetradic

#55A2DD #D455DD #DD9055 #5EDD55

square

#55A2DD #D455DD #DD9055 #5EDD55

split-complementary

#55A2DD #DD555E #DDD455

monochromatic

#1F6499 #2985CC #55A2DD #88BEE7 #BBDAF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#55A2DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.60

#55A2DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55A2DD

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A2DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A2DD	1.00	2.76	7.60	7.60
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88A3E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7595DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a2dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 162, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.116 243.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90bde8',
    500: '#55a2dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a2dd;
$custom-light: #90bde8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a2dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.029,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68784,
    "c": 0.11601,
    "h": 243.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A2DD

secondary

#E1C3AD

accent

#893EEA

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A2DD

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

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