#55A7CC#55A7CC

#55A7CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.097 H 229.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A7CC
RGB	rgb(85, 167, 204)
HSL	hsl(199, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(199, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.3%, 18.1%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.90, -14.22, -26.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.90, 30.01, 241.72°)
OKLab	oklab(69.15% -0.0624 -0.0737)
OKLCH	oklch(69.15% 0.097 229.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.4599, 33.9257, 62.1635)
Luminance	0.3393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A7CC #CC7A55

analogous

#55CCB5 #55A7CC #556CCC

triadic

#55A7CC #CC55A7 #A7CC55

tetradic

#55A7CC #B555CC #CC7A55 #6CCC55

square

#55A7CC #B555CC #CC7A55 #6CCC55

split-complementary

#55A7CC #CC556C #CCB555

monochromatic

#266480 #3589AF #55A7CC #84BFDA #B3D8E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#55A7CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#55A7CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55A7CC

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A7CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A7CC	1.00	2.70	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A5CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8398CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a7cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 167, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.097 229.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc1db',
    500: '#55a7cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a7cc;
$custom-light: #8fc1db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a7cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.655,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69152,
    "c": 0.09653,
    "h": 229.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A7CC

secondary

#D7B5A6

accent

#784BDD

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F7FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A7CC

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

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