#55A7DF#55A7DF

#55A7DF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.115 H 240.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A7DF
RGB	rgb(85, 167, 223)
HSL	hsl(204, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(204, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 25.1%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.67, -8.28, -35.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.67, 36.70, 256.96°)
OKLab	oklab(70.01% -0.0558 -0.1004)
OKLCH	oklch(70.01% 0.115 240.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.8793, 34.8934, 74.9055)
Luminance	0.3490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A7DF #DF8D55

analogous

#55DFD2 #55A7DF #5562DF

triadic

#55A7DF #DF55A7 #A7DF55

tetradic

#55A7DF #D255DF #DF8D55 #62DF55

square

#55A7DF #D255DF #DF8D55 #62DF55

split-complementary

#55A7DF #DF5562 #DFD255

monochromatic

#1D699C #278BD0 #55A7DF #89C2E9 #BCDCF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#55A7DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#55A7DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55A7DF

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A7DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A7DF	1.00	2.63	7.98	7.98
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA7E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B99DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a7df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 167, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.115 240.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c1e9',
    500: '#55a7df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a7df;
$custom-light: #91c1e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a7df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.348,
    "s": 68.317,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70009,
    "c": 0.11491,
    "h": 240.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A7DF

secondary

#E2C3AE

accent

#6115D0

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A7DF

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

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