#55A7CD#55A7CD

#55A7CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.097 H 230.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A7CD
RGB	rgb(85, 167, 205)
HSL	hsl(199, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(199, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 18.5%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.94, -13.91, -26.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.94, 30.31, 242.67°)
OKLab	oklab(69.19% -0.062 -0.0751)
OKLCH	oklch(69.19% 0.097 230.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.5802, 33.9738, 62.7972)
Luminance	0.3398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A7CD #CD7B55

analogous

#55CDB7 #55A7CD #556BCD

triadic

#55A7CD #CD55A7 #A7CD55

tetradic

#55A7CD #B755CD #CD7B55 #6BCD55

square

#55A7CD #B755CD #CD7B55 #6BCD55

split-complementary

#55A7CD #CD556B #CDB755

monochromatic

#266582 #3489B1 #55A7CD #84BFDB #B4D8E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#55A7CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#55A7CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55A7CD

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A7CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A7CD	1.00	2.69	7.80	7.80
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A5CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8398CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a7cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 167, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.097 230.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc1dc',
    500: '#55a7cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a7cd;
$custom-light: #8fc1dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a7cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69195,
    "c": 0.09739,
    "h": 230.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A7CD

secondary

#D7B6A6

accent

#794ADE

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F7FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A7CD

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

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