#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
RGB	rgb(85, 164, 204)
HSL	hsl(200, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(200, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.3%, 19.6%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.03, -12.60, -27.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.03, 30.49, 245.60°)
OKLab	oklab(68.46% -0.0591 -0.0775)
OKLCH	oklch(68.46% 0.097 232.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.9167, 32.8392, 61.9824)
Luminance	0.3284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##55A4CC	1.00	2.77	7.57	7.57
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #55A4CC

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

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