#55A5DD#55A5DD

#55A5DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.114 H 241.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A5DD
RGB	rgb(85, 165, 221)
HSL	hsl(205, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(205, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 25.3%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.01, -7.81, -35.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.01, 36.52, 257.65°)
OKLab	oklab(69.46% -0.0544 -0.1002)
OKLCH	oklch(69.46% 0.114 241.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.2477, 34.0591, 73.3726)
Luminance	0.3406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A5DD #DD8D55

analogous

#55DDD1 #55A5DD #5561DD

triadic

#55A5DD #DD55A5 #A5DD55

tetradic

#55A5DD #D155DD #DD8D55 #61DD55

square

#55A5DD #D155DD #DD8D55 #61DD55

split-complementary

#55A5DD #DD5561 #DDD155

monochromatic

#1F6799 #2989CC #55A5DD #88C0E7 #BBDBF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#55A5DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.81

#55A5DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55A5DD

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A5DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A5DD	1.00	2.69	7.81	7.81
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA5E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7998DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a5dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 165, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.114 241.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91bfe7',
    500: '#55a5dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a5dd;
$custom-light: #91bfe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a5dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.706,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69461,
    "c": 0.11401,
    "h": 241.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A5DD

secondary

#E1C2AD

accent

#853EEA

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A5DD

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

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