#55A5DC#55A5DC

#55A5DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.113 H 241.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A5DC
RGB	rgb(85, 165, 220)
HSL	hsl(204, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(204, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 25%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.97, -8.13, -35.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.97, 36.11, 256.99°)
OKLab	oklab(69.41% -0.0547 -0.0988)
OKLCH	oklch(69.41% 0.113 241)
XYZ	xyz(30.1149, 34.0059, 72.6730)
Luminance	0.3401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#55A5DC #DC8C55

analogous

#55DCCF #55A5DC #5562DC

triadic

#55A5DC #DC55A5 #A5DC55

tetradic

#55A5DC #CF55DC #DC8C55 #62DC55

square

#55A5DC #CF55DC #DC8C55 #62DC55

split-complementary

#55A5DC #DC5562 #DCCF55

monochromatic

#1F6697 #2A89CA #55A5DC #88C0E6 #BBDBF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#55A5DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#55A5DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55A5DC

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A5DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A5DC	1.00	2.69	7.80	7.80
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA5DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A98DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a5dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 165, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.113 241.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90bfe7',
    500: '#55a5dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a5dc;
$custom-light: #90bfe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a5dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.444,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69414,
    "c": 0.11295,
    "h": 241
  },
  "luminance": 0.34009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A5DC

secondary

#E0C2AC

accent

#843FE9

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A5DC

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

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