#55A4DA#55A4DA

#55A4DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.111 H 240.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A4DA
RGB	rgb(85, 164, 218)
HSL	hsl(204, 64%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(204, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 24.8%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.60, -8.21, -34.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.60, 35.62, 256.67°)
OKLab	oklab(69.09% -0.0543 -0.0973)
OKLCH	oklch(69.09% 0.111 240.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.6719, 33.5413, 71.2265)
Luminance	0.3354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A4DA #DA8B55

analogous

#55DACE #55A4DA #5562DA

triadic

#55A4DA #DA55A4 #A4DA55

tetradic

#55A4DA #CE55DA #DA8B55 #62DA55

square

#55A4DA #CE55DA #DA8B55 #62DA55

split-complementary

#55A4DA #DA5562 #DACE55

monochromatic

#206594 #2B88C7 #55A4DA #87BFE5 #BADAF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#55A4DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.71

#55A4DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55A4DA

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A4DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A4DA	1.00	2.72	7.71	7.71
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA4DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A97D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a4da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 164, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.111 240.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90bee5',
    500: '#55a4da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a4da;
$custom-light: #90bee5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a4da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.361,
    "s": 64.251,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69093,
    "c": 0.11142,
    "h": 240.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A4DA

secondary

#DFC1AB

accent

#8441E7

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A4DA

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

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