#55A4D7#55A4D7

#55A4D7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.108 H 239.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A4D7
RGB	rgb(85, 164, 215)
HSL	hsl(204, 62%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(204, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 23.7%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.47, -9.16, -33.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.47, 34.43, 254.57°)
OKLab	oklab(68.95% -0.0553 -0.0931)
OKLCH	oklch(68.95% 0.108 239.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.2829, 33.3857, 69.1777)
Luminance	0.3339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A4D7 #D78855

analogous

#55D7C9 #55A4D7 #5563D7

triadic

#55A4D7 #D755A4 #A4D755

tetradic

#55A4D7 #C955D7 #D78855 #63D755

square

#55A4D7 #C955D7 #D78855 #63D755

split-complementary

#55A4D7 #D75563 #D7C955

monochromatic

#226590 #2D87C1 #55A4D7 #87BFE3 #B8D9EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#55A4D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.68

#55A4D7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55A4D7

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A4D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A4D7	1.00	2.74	7.68	7.68
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA4D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B97D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a4d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 164, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.108 239.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90bee3',
    500: '#55a4d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a4d7;
$custom-light: #90bee3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a4d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.538,
    "s": 61.905,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68953,
    "c": 0.10825,
    "h": 239.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A4D7

secondary

#DEBEAA

accent

#8243E5

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F6FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A4D7

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

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