#55A5CD#55A5CD

#55A5CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.098 H 232.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A5CD
RGB	rgb(85, 165, 205)
HSL	hsl(200, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(200, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 19.5%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.36, -12.83, -27.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.36, 30.64, 245.24°)
OKLab	oklab(68.73% -0.0598 -0.0777)
OKLCH	oklch(68.73% 0.098 232.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.2167, 33.2467, 62.6760)
Luminance	0.3325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A5CD #CD7D55

analogous

#55CDB9 #55A5CD #5569CD

triadic

#55A5CD #CD55A5 #A5CD55

tetradic

#55A5CD #B955CD #CD7D55 #69CD55

square

#55A5CD #B955CD #CD7D55 #69CD55

split-complementary

#55A5CD #CD5569 #CDB955

monochromatic

#266382 #3487B1 #55A5CD #84BEDB #B4D7E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#55A5CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#55A5CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55A5CD

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A5CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A5CD	1.00	2.75	7.65	7.65
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A3CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8197CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a5cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 165, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.098 232.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fbfdc',
    500: '#55a5cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a5cd;
$custom-light: #8fbfdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a5cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68732,
    "c": 0.09803,
    "h": 232.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A5CD

secondary

#D7B7A6

accent

#7B4ADE

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F7FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A5CD

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

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