#55A6DF#55A6DF

#55A6DF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.116 H 241.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A6DF
RGB	rgb(85, 166, 223)
HSL	hsl(205, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(205, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 25.6%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.38, -7.73, -36.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.38, 37.01, 257.95°)
OKLab	oklab(69.78% -0.0548 -0.1017)
OKLCH	oklch(69.78% 0.116 241.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.6968, 34.5284, 74.8447)
Luminance	0.3453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A6DF #DF8E55

analogous

#55DFD3 #55A6DF #5561DF

triadic

#55A6DF #DF55A6 #A6DF55

tetradic

#55A6DF #D355DF #DF8E55 #61DF55

square

#55A6DF #D355DF #DF8E55 #61DF55

split-complementary

#55A6DF #DF5561 #DFD355

monochromatic

#1D689C #278AD0 #55A6DF #89C1E9 #BCDCF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#55A6DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#55A6DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55A6DF

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A6DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A6DF	1.00	2.66	7.91	7.91
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA6E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A99DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a6df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 166, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.116 241.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c0e9',
    500: '#55a6df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a6df;
$custom-light: #91c0e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a6df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.783,
    "s": 68.317,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69782,
    "c": 0.11555,
    "h": 241.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A6DF

secondary

#E2C3AE

accent

#6215D0

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A6DF

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

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