#55A3CC#55A3CC

#55A3CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.098 H 233.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#55A3CC
RGBrgb(85, 163, 204)
HSLhsl(201, 54%, 57%)
HSVhsv(201, 58%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(58.3%, 20.1%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LABlab(63.74, -12.05, -28.22)
CIE-LCHlch(63.74, 30.69, 246.87°)
OKLaboklab(68.23% -0.058 -0.0788)
OKLCHoklch(68.23% 0.098 233.7)
XYZxyz(27.7385, 32.4827, 61.9230)
Luminance0.3249 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#55A3CC #CC7E55
analogous
#55CCB9 #55A3CC #5568CC
triadic
#55A3CC #CC55A3 #A3CC55
tetradic
#55A3CC #B955CC #CC7E55 #68CC55
square
#55A3CC #B955CC #CC7E55 #68CC55
split-complementary
#55A3CC #CC5568 #CCB955
monochromatic
#266180 #3585AF #55A3CC #84BCDA #B3D6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80
#55A3CC on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.50
#55A3CC on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55A3CC
7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##55A3CC#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##55A3CC1.002.807.507.50
#FFFFFF2.801.0021.0021.00
#0000007.5021.001.001.00
##0000007.5021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#8FA1CE
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7F95CB
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00AEB1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #55a3cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 163, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.098 233.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ebedb',
    500: '#55a3cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #55a3cc;
$custom-light: #8ebedb;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#55a3cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.672,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68226,
    "c": 0.09784,
    "h": 233.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#55A3CC
secondary
#D7B7A6
accent
#7D4BDD
background
#F9FBFD
surface
#F1F6FB
border
#CBD0D4
text
#0D1215
muted
#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A3CC

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#55A3CC Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva