#55A3C8#55A3C8

#55A3C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.094 H 230.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A3C8
RGB	rgb(85, 163, 200)
HSL	hsl(199, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(199, 58%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.5%, 18.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.58, -13.28, -26.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.58, 29.40, 243.15°)
OKLab	oklab(68.05% -0.0594 -0.0731)
OKLCH	oklch(68.05% 0.094 230.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.2649, 32.2933, 59.4288)
Luminance	0.3230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A3C8 #C87A55

analogous

#55C8B3 #55A3C8 #5569C8

triadic

#55A3C8 #C855A3 #A3C855

tetradic

#55A3C8 #B355C8 #C87A55 #69C855

square

#55A3C8 #B355C8 #C87A55 #69C855

split-complementary

#55A3C8 #C85569 #C8B355

monochromatic

#28607B #3784A9 #55A3C8 #83BCD7 #B1D5E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#55A3C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.46

#55A3C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55A3C8

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A3C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A3C8	1.00	2.82	7.46	7.46
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A1CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8095C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a3c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 163, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.094 230.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ebed8',
    500: '#55a3c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a3c8;
$custom-light: #8ebed8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a3c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.304,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68051,
    "c": 0.09423,
    "h": 230.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A3C8

secondary

#D4B4A5

accent

#7B4DDB

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A3C8

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

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