#55A5CF#55A5CF

#55A5CF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.100 H 233.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A5CF
RGB	rgb(85, 165, 207)
HSL	hsl(201, 56%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(201, 59%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 20.3%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.44, -12.21, -28.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.44, 31.29, 247.02°)
OKLab	oklab(68.82% -0.0591 -0.0805)
OKLCH	oklch(68.82% 0.1 233.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.4596, 33.3439, 63.9556)
Luminance	0.3335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A5CF #CF7F55

analogous

#55CFBC #55A5CF #5568CF

triadic

#55A5CF #CF55A5 #A5CF55

tetradic

#55A5CF #BC55CF #CF7F55 #68CF55

square

#55A5CF #BC55CF #CF7F55 #68CF55

split-complementary

#55A5CF #CF5568 #CFBC55

monochromatic

#256484 #3388B4 #55A5CF #85BEDC #B4D8EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#55A5CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.67

#55A5CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55A5CF

7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A5CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A5CF	1.00	2.74	7.67	7.67
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A3D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8097CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a5cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 165, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.100 233.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fbfdd',
    500: '#55a5cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a5cf;
$custom-light: #8fbfdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a5cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.656,
    "s": 55.963,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6882,
    "c": 0.09986,
    "h": 233.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A5CF

secondary

#D9B8A7

accent

#7C49DF

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F7FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A5CF

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

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