#55A3CF#55A3CF

#55A3CF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.101 H 235.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A3CF
RGB	rgb(85, 163, 207)
HSL	hsl(202, 56%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(202, 59%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 21.3%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.86, -11.12, -29.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.86, 31.72, 249.47°)
OKLab	oklab(68.36% -0.0569 -0.0831)
OKLCH	oklch(68.36% 0.101 235.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.1017, 32.6280, 63.8363)
Luminance	0.3263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A3CF #CF8155

analogous

#55CFBE #55A3CF #5566CF

triadic

#55A3CF #CF55A3 #A3CF55

tetradic

#55A3CF #BE55CF #CF8155 #66CF55

square

#55A3CF #BE55CF #CF8155 #66CF55

split-complementary

#55A3CF #CF5566 #CFBE55

monochromatic

#256284 #3385B4 #55A3CF #85BDDC #B4D7EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#55A3CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.53

#55A3CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55A3CF

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A3CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A3CF	1.00	2.79	7.53	7.53
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA2D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D95CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a3cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 163, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.101 235.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fbedd',
    500: '#55a3cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a3cf;
$custom-light: #8fbedd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a3cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.639,
    "s": 55.963,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68359,
    "c": 0.1007,
    "h": 235.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A3CF

secondary

#D9B9A7

accent

#7F49DF

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F6FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A3CF

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

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