#55A3CD#55A3CD

#55A3CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.099 H 234.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A3CD
RGB	rgb(85, 163, 205)
HSL	hsl(201, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(201, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 20.5%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.78, -11.74, -28.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.78, 31.02, 247.76°)
OKLab	oklab(68.27% -0.0576 -0.0802)
OKLCH	oklch(68.27% 0.099 234.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.8588, 32.5308, 62.5567)
Luminance	0.3253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A3CD #CD7F55

analogous

#55CDBB #55A3CD #5567CD

triadic

#55A3CD #CD55A3 #A3CD55

tetradic

#55A3CD #BB55CD #CD7F55 #67CD55

square

#55A3CD #BB55CD #CD7F55 #67CD55

split-complementary

#55A3CD #CD5567 #CDBB55

monochromatic

#266282 #3485B1 #55A3CD #84BDDB #B4D6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#55A3CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.51

#55A3CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55A3CD

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A3CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A3CD	1.00	2.80	7.51	7.51
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA2CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E95CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a3cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 163, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.099 234.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fbedc',
    500: '#55a3cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a3cd;
$custom-light: #8fbedc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a3cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6827,
    "c": 0.09878,
    "h": 234.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A3CD

secondary

#D7B8A6

accent

#7E4ADE

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F6FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A3CD

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

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