#55A4CC#55A4CC

#55A4CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.097 H 232.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#55A4CC
RGBrgb(85, 164, 204)
HSLhsl(200, 54%, 57%)
HSVhsv(200, 58%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(58.3%, 19.6%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LABlab(64.03, -12.60, -27.77)
CIE-LCHlch(64.03, 30.49, 245.60°)
OKLaboklab(68.46% -0.0591 -0.0775)
OKLCHoklch(68.46% 0.097 232.7)
XYZxyz(27.9167, 32.8392, 61.9824)
Luminance0.3284 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#55A4CC #CC7D55
analogous
#55CCB9 #55A4CC #5569CC
triadic
#55A4CC #CC55A4 #A4CC55
tetradic
#55A4CC #B955CC #CC7D55 #69CC55
square
#55A4CC #B955CC #CC7D55 #69CC55
split-complementary
#55A4CC #CC5569 #CCB955
monochromatic
#266280 #3586AF #55A4CC #84BDDA #B3D6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77
#55A4CC on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.57
#55A4CC on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55A4CC
7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##55A4CC#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##55A4CC1.002.777.577.57
#FFFFFF2.771.0021.0021.00
#0000007.5721.001.001.00
##0000007.5721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#90A2CE
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8096CB
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00AFB1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #55a4cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 164, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.097 232.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fbfdb',
    500: '#55a4cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #55a4cc;
$custom-light: #8fbfdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#55a4cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.168,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68457,
    "c": 0.09747,
    "h": 232.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#55A4CC
secondary
#D7B6A6
accent
#7C4BDD
background
#F9FBFD
surface
#F2F7FB
border
#CCD0D4
text
#0D1215
muted
#7E8183

Preview Lab

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#55A4CC Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva