#55A7DC#55A7DC

#55A7DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.112 H 239.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A7DC
RGB	rgb(85, 167, 220)
HSL	hsl(204, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(204, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 24.1%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.54, -9.23, -34.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.54, 35.52, 254.93°)
OKLab	oklab(69.87% -0.0568 -0.0962)
OKLCH	oklch(69.87% 0.112 239.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.4784, 34.7331, 72.7942)
Luminance	0.3474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A7DC #DC8A55

analogous

#55DCCE #55A7DC #5563DC

triadic

#55A7DC #DC55A7 #A7DC55

tetradic

#55A7DC #CE55DC #DC8A55 #63DC55

square

#55A7DC #CE55DC #DC8A55 #63DC55

split-complementary

#55A7DC #DC5563 #DCCE55

monochromatic

#1F6897 #2A8BCA #55A7DC #88C1E6 #BBDCF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#55A7DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#55A7DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55A7DC

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A7DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A7DC	1.00	2.64	7.95	7.95
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA7DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C99DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a7dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 167, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.112 239.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c1e7',
    500: '#55a7dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a7dc;
$custom-light: #91c1e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a7dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.556,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69868,
    "c": 0.11175,
    "h": 239.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A7DC

secondary

#E0C1AC

accent

#823FE9

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A7DC

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

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