#55A7DB#55A7DB

#55A7DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.111 H 238.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A7DB
RGB	rgb(85, 167, 219)
HSL	hsl(203, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(203, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 23.7%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.50, -9.55, -33.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.50, 35.13, 254.22°)
OKLab	oklab(69.82% -0.0571 -0.0948)
OKLCH	oklch(69.82% 0.111 238.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.3464, 34.6802, 72.0988)
Luminance	0.3468 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A7DB #DB8955

analogous

#55DBCC #55A7DB #5564DB

triadic

#55A7DB #DB55A7 #A7DB55

tetradic

#55A7DB #CC55DB #DB8955 #64DB55

square

#55A7DB #CC55DB #DB8955 #64DB55

split-complementary

#55A7DB #DB5564 #DBCC55

monochromatic

#206896 #2A8BC8 #55A7DB #88C1E6 #BADBF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#55A7DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.94

#55A7DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55A7DB

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A7DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A7DB	1.00	2.65	7.94	7.94
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA7DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D99DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a7db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 167, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.111 238.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c1e6',
    500: '#55a7db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a7db;
$custom-light: #90c1e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a7db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.284,
    "s": 65.049,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69822,
    "c": 0.11071,
    "h": 238.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A7DB

secondary

#E0C0AC

accent

#8140E8

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A7DB

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

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