#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
RGB	rgb(85, 166, 220)
HSL	hsl(204, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(204, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 24.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.25, -8.68, -34.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.25, 35.81, 255.97°)
OKLab	oklab(69.64% -0.0558 -0.0975)
OKLCH	oklch(69.64% 0.112 240.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.2959, 34.3681, 72.7334)
Luminance	0.3437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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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
##55A6DC	1.00	2.67	7.87	7.87
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A6DC

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

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