#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
RGB	rgb(85, 163, 204)
HSL	hsl(201, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(201, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.3%, 20.1%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.74, -12.05, -28.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.74, 30.69, 246.87°)
OKLab	oklab(68.23% -0.058 -0.0788)
OKLCH	oklch(68.23% 0.098 233.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.7385, 32.4827, 61.9230)
Luminance	0.3249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##55A3CC	1.00	2.80	7.50	7.50
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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