#55A7CE#55A7CE

#55A7CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.098 H 231.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A7CE
RGB	rgb(85, 167, 206)
HSL	hsl(199, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(199, 59%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 18.9%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.98, -13.61, -27.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.98, 30.61, 243.61°)
OKLab	oklab(69.24% -0.0616 -0.0765)
OKLCH	oklch(69.24% 0.098 231.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.7013, 34.0222, 63.4350)
Luminance	0.3402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A7CE #CE7C55

analogous

#55CEB9 #55A7CE #556BCE

triadic

#55A7CE #CE55A7 #A7CE55

tetradic

#55A7CE #B955CE #CE7C55 #6BCE55

square

#55A7CE #B955CE #CE7C55 #6BCE55

split-complementary

#55A7CE #CE556B #CEB955

monochromatic

#266583 #3389B2 #55A7CE #85C0DC #B4D8E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#55A7CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.81

#55A7CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55A7CE

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A7CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A7CE	1.00	2.69	7.81	7.81
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A5D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8398CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a7ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 167, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.098 231.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc1dd',
    500: '#55a7ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a7ce;
$custom-light: #8fc1dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a7ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.339,
    "s": 55.251,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69238,
    "c": 0.09825,
    "h": 231.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A7CE

secondary

#D8B7A7

accent

#7949DF

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F7FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A7CE

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

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