#55A5DF#55A5DF

#55A5DF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.116 H 242.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A5DF
RGB	rgb(85, 165, 223)
HSL	hsl(205, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(205, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 26%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.09, -7.17, -36.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.09, 37.34, 258.92°)
OKLab	oklab(69.56% -0.0537 -0.103)
OKLCH	oklch(69.56% 0.116 242.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.5157, 34.1663, 74.7843)
Luminance	0.3417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A5DF #DF8F55

analogous

#55DFD4 #55A5DF #5560DF

triadic

#55A5DF #DF55A5 #A5DF55

tetradic

#55A5DF #D455DF #DF8F55 #60DF55

square

#55A5DF #D455DF #DF8F55 #60DF55

split-complementary

#55A5DF #DF5560 #DFD455

monochromatic

#1D679C #2789D0 #55A5DF #89C0E9 #BCDCF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#55A5DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#55A5DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55A5DF

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A5DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A5DF	1.00	2.68	7.83	7.83
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BA6E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7898DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a5df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 165, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.116 242.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91bfe9',
    500: '#55a5df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a5df;
$custom-light: #91bfe9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a5df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.217,
    "s": 68.317,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69557,
    "c": 0.11619,
    "h": 242.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A5DF

secondary

#E2C4AE

accent

#6415D0

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A5DF

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

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