#55A4DE#55A4DE

#55A4DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.116 H 242.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A4DE
RGB	rgb(85, 164, 222)
HSL	hsl(205, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(205, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 26.1%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.77, -6.94, -36.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.77, 37.25, 259.27°)
OKLab	oklab(69.28% -0.053 -0.1029)
OKLCH	oklch(69.28% 0.116 242.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.2016, 33.7532, 74.0165)
Luminance	0.3376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#55A4DE #DE8F55

analogous

#55DED3 #55A4DE #5560DE

triadic

#55A4DE #DE55A4 #A4DE55

tetradic

#55A4DE #D355DE #DE8F55 #60DE55

square

#55A4DE #D355DE #DE8F55 #60DE55

split-complementary

#55A4DE #DE5560 #DED355

monochromatic

#1E669B #2888CE #55A4DE #88BFE8 #BCDBF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#55A4DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#55A4DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55A4DE

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A4DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A4DE	1.00	2.71	7.75	7.75
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AA5E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7897DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a4de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 164, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.116 242.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91bee8',
    500: '#55a4de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a4de;
$custom-light: #91bee8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a4de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.401,
    "s": 67.488,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69283,
    "c": 0.11576,
    "h": 242.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A4DE

secondary

#E2C3AD

accent

#6516CF

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A4DE

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

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