#55A4CD#55A4CD

#55A4CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.098 H 233.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A4CD
RGB	rgb(85, 164, 205)
HSL	hsl(201, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(201, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 20%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.07, -12.29, -28.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.07, 30.82, 246.50°)
OKLab	oklab(68.5% -0.0587 -0.0789)
OKLCH	oklch(68.5% 0.098 233.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.0370, 32.8874, 62.6161)
Luminance	0.3289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A4CD #CD7E55

analogous

#55CDBA #55A4CD #5568CD

triadic

#55A4CD #CD55A4 #A4CD55

tetradic

#55A4CD #BA55CD #CD7E55 #68CD55

square

#55A4CD #BA55CD #CD7E55 #68CD55

split-complementary

#55A4CD #CD5568 #CDBA55

monochromatic

#266282 #3486B1 #55A4CD #84BDDB #B4D7E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#55A4CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.58

#55A4CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55A4CD

7.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A4CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A4CD	1.00	2.77	7.58	7.58
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A2CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F96CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a4cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 164, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.098 233.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fbfdc',
    500: '#55a4cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a4cd;
$custom-light: #8fbfdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a4cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.5,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68501,
    "c": 0.09838,
    "h": 233.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A4CD

secondary

#D7B7A6

accent

#7C4ADE

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F7FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A4CD

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

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