#55A3DB#55A3DB

#55A3DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.113 H 242.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A3DB
RGB	rgb(85, 163, 219)
HSL	hsl(205, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(205, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 25.6%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.35, -7.34, -35.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.35, 36.34, 258.35°)
OKLab	oklab(68.91% -0.0529 -0.1)
OKLCH	oklch(68.91% 0.113 242.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.6249, 33.2373, 71.8583)
Luminance	0.3324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A3DB #DB8D55

analogous

#55DBD0 #55A3DB #5560DB

triadic

#55A3DB #DB55A3 #A3DB55

tetradic

#55A3DB #D055DB #DB8D55 #60DB55

square

#55A3DB #D055DB #DB8D55 #60DB55

split-complementary

#55A3DB #DB5560 #DBD055

monochromatic

#206496 #2A86C8 #55A3DB #88BEE6 #BADAF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#55A3DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#55A3DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55A3DB

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A3DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A3DB	1.00	2.75	7.65	7.65
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AA3DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7896DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a3db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 163, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.113 242.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90bee6',
    500: '#55a3db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a3db;
$custom-light: #90bee6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a3db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.075,
    "s": 65.049,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68914,
    "c": 0.11313,
    "h": 242.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A3DB

secondary

#E0C2AC

accent

#8640E8

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A3DB

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

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