#55A5CC#55A5CC

#55A5CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.097 H 231.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A5CC
RGB	rgb(85, 165, 204)
HSL	hsl(200, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(200, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.3%, 19.1%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.32, -13.14, -27.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.32, 30.32, 244.32°)
OKLab	oklab(68.69% -0.0602 -0.0762)
OKLCH	oklch(68.69% 0.097 231.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.0964, 33.1985, 62.0423)
Luminance	0.3320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A5CC #CC7C55

analogous

#55CCB8 #55A5CC #556ACC

triadic

#55A5CC #CC55A5 #A5CC55

tetradic

#55A5CC #B855CC #CC7C55 #6ACC55

square

#55A5CC #B855CC #CC7C55 #6ACC55

split-complementary

#55A5CC #CC556A #CCB855

monochromatic

#266380 #3587AF #55A5CC #84BEDA #B3D7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#55A5CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.64

#55A5CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55A5CC

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A5CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A5CC	1.00	2.75	7.64	7.64
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A3CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8196CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a5cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 165, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.097 231.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fbfdb',
    500: '#55a5cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a5cc;
$custom-light: #8fbfdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a5cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.664,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68688,
    "c": 0.09712,
    "h": 231.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A5CC

secondary

#D7B6A6

accent

#7B4BDD

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F7FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A5CC

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

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