#55A4DC#55A4DC

#55A4DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.114 H 241.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A4DC
RGB	rgb(85, 164, 220)
HSL	hsl(205, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(205, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 25.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.68, -7.58, -35.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.68, 36.43, 258.00°)
OKLab	oklab(69.19% -0.0536 -0.1001)
OKLCH	oklch(69.19% 0.114 241.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.9352, 33.6466, 72.6131)
Luminance	0.3365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A4DC #DC8D55

analogous

#55DCD1 #55A4DC #5560DC

triadic

#55A4DC #DC55A4 #A4DC55

tetradic

#55A4DC #D155DC #DC8D55 #60DC55

square

#55A4DC #D155DC #DC8D55 #60DC55

split-complementary

#55A4DC #DC5560 #DCD155

monochromatic

#1F6697 #2A88CA #55A4DC #88BFE6 #BBDAF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#55A4DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#55A4DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55A4DC

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A4DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A4DC	1.00	2.72	7.73	7.73
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BA4DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7997DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a4dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 164, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.114 241.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90bee7',
    500: '#55a4dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a4dc;
$custom-light: #90bee7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a4dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.889,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69188,
    "c": 0.11357,
    "h": 241.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A4DC

secondary

#E0C2AC

accent

#853FE9

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A4DC

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

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