#55A6DC#55A6DC

#55A6DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.112 H 240.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#55A6DC
RGBrgb(85, 166, 220)
HSLhsl(204, 66%, 60%)
HSVhsv(204, 61%, 86%)
CMYKcmyk(61.4%, 24.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LABlab(65.25, -8.68, -34.74)
CIE-LCHlch(65.25, 35.81, 255.97°)
OKLaboklab(69.64% -0.0558 -0.0975)
OKLCHoklch(69.64% 0.112 240.2)
XYZxyz(30.2959, 34.3681, 72.7334)
Luminance0.3437 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#55A6DC #DC8B55
analogous
#55DCCF #55A6DC #5563DC
triadic
#55A6DC #DC55A6 #A6DC55
tetradic
#55A6DC #CF55DC #DC8B55 #63DC55
square
#55A6DC #CF55DC #DC8B55 #63DC55
split-complementary
#55A6DC #DC5563 #DCCF55
monochromatic
#1F6797 #2A8ACA #55A6DC #88C1E6 #BBDBF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67
#55A6DC on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87
#55A6DC on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55A6DC
7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##55A6DC#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##55A6DC1.002.677.877.87
#FFFFFF2.671.0021.0021.00
#0000007.8721.001.001.00
##0000007.8721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#8EA6DF
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7B98DB
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B3B8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #55a6dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 166, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.112 240.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c0e7',
    500: '#55a6dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #55a6dc;
$custom-light: #90c0e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#55a6dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69641,
    "c": 0.11234,
    "h": 240.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#55A6DC
secondary
#E0C1AC
accent
#833FE9
background
#F9FBFE
surface
#F2F7FC
border
#CCD0D5
text
#0E1216
muted
#7E8184

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#55A6DC Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva