#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
RGBrgb(85, 167, 220)
HSLhsl(204, 66%, 60%)
HSVhsv(204, 61%, 86%)
CMYKcmyk(61.4%, 24.1%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LABlab(65.54, -9.23, -34.29)
CIE-LCHlch(65.54, 35.52, 254.93°)
OKLaboklab(69.87% -0.0568 -0.0962)
OKLCHoklch(69.87% 0.112 239.4)
XYZxyz(30.4784, 34.7331, 72.7942)
Luminance0.3474 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

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
##55A7DC1.002.647.957.95
#FFFFFF2.641.0021.0021.00
#0000007.9521.001.001.00
##0000007.9521.001.001.00

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

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#55A7DC Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva