#55A5CE#55A5CE

#55A5CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.099 H 233.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A5CE
RGB	rgb(85, 165, 206)
HSL	hsl(200, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(200, 59%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 19.9%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.40, -12.52, -28.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.40, 30.96, 246.14°)
OKLab	oklab(68.78% -0.0595 -0.0791)
OKLCH	oklch(68.78% 0.099 233.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.3378, 33.2951, 63.3138)
Luminance	0.3330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A5CE #CE7E55

analogous

#55CEBB #55A5CE #5568CE

triadic

#55A5CE #CE55A5 #A5CE55

tetradic

#55A5CE #BB55CE #CE7E55 #68CE55

square

#55A5CE #BB55CE #CE7E55 #68CE55

split-complementary

#55A5CE #CE5568 #CEBB55

monochromatic

#266383 #3387B2 #55A5CE #85BEDC #B4D7E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#55A5CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.66

#55A5CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55A5CE

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A5CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A5CE	1.00	2.74	7.66	7.66
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A3D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8097CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a5ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 165, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.099 233.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fbfdd',
    500: '#55a5ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a5ce;
$custom-light: #8fbfdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a5ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.331,
    "s": 55.251,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68776,
    "c": 0.09894,
    "h": 233.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A5CE

secondary

#D8B7A7

accent

#7C49DF

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F7FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A5CE

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

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