#55A8CD#55A8CD

#55A8CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.097 H 229.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A8CD
RGB	rgb(85, 168, 205)
HSL	hsl(199, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(199, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 18%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.23, -14.45, -26.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.23, 30.16, 241.38°)
OKLab	oklab(69.43% -0.0631 -0.0738)
OKLCH	oklch(69.43% 0.097 229.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.7641, 34.3416, 62.8585)
Luminance	0.3434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A8CD #CD7A55

analogous

#55CDB6 #55A8CD #556CCD

triadic

#55A8CD #CD55A8 #A8CD55

tetradic

#55A8CD #B655CD #CD7A55 #6CCD55

square

#55A8CD #B655CD #CD7A55 #6CCD55

split-complementary

#55A8CD #CD556C #CDB655

monochromatic

#266582 #348AB1 #55A8CD #84C0DB #B4D8E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#55A8CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#55A8CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55A8CD

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A8CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A8CD	1.00	2.67	7.87	7.87
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A6CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8499CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a8cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 168, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.097 229.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc1dc',
    500: '#55a8cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a8cd;
$custom-light: #8fc1dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a8cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.5,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69427,
    "c": 0.09711,
    "h": 229.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A8CD

secondary

#D7B6A6

accent

#784ADE

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F7FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A8CD

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

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