#55A5DA#55A5DA

#55A5DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.111 H 240.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A5DA
RGB	rgb(85, 165, 218)
HSL	hsl(204, 64%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(204, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 24.3%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.88, -8.77, -34.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.88, 35.32, 255.63°)
OKLab	oklab(69.32% -0.0554 -0.096)
OKLCH	oklch(69.32% 0.111 240)
XYZ	xyz(29.8516, 33.9006, 71.2864)
Luminance	0.3390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#55A5DA #DA8A55

analogous

#55DACD #55A5DA #5563DA

triadic

#55A5DA #DA55A5 #A5DA55

tetradic

#55A5DA #CD55DA #DA8A55 #63DA55

square

#55A5DA #CD55DA #DA8A55 #63DA55

split-complementary

#55A5DA #DA5563 #DACD55

monochromatic

#206694 #2B89C7 #55A5DA #87C0E5 #BADAF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#55A5DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#55A5DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55A5DA

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A5DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A5DA	1.00	2.70	7.78	7.78
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA5DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B97D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a5da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 165, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.111 240.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90bfe5',
    500: '#55a5da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a5da;
$custom-light: #90bfe5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a5da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.91,
    "s": 64.251,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6932,
    "c": 0.11082,
    "h": 240
  },
  "luminance": 0.33904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A5DA

secondary

#DFC0AB

accent

#8341E7

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A5DA

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

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