#55A8CE#55A8CE

#55A8CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.098 H 230.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#55A8CE
RGBrgb(85, 168, 206)
HSLhsl(199, 55%, 57%)
HSVhsv(199, 59%, 81%)
CMYKcmyk(58.7%, 18.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LABlab(65.27, -14.14, -26.97)
CIE-LCHlch(65.27, 30.45, 242.33°)
OKLaboklab(69.47% -0.0627 -0.0752)
OKLCHoklch(69.47% 0.098 230.2)
XYZxyz(28.8852, 34.3900, 63.4963)
Luminance0.3439 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#55A8CE #CE7B55
analogous
#55CEB8 #55A8CE #556CCE
triadic
#55A8CE #CE55A8 #A8CE55
tetradic
#55A8CE #B855CE #CE7B55 #6CCE55
square
#55A8CE #B855CE #CE7B55 #6CCE55
split-complementary
#55A8CE #CE556C #CEB855
monochromatic
#266683 #338BB2 #55A8CE #85C0DC #B4D9E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67
#55A8CE on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88
#55A8CE on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55A8CE
7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##55A8CE#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##55A8CE1.002.677.887.88
#FFFFFF2.671.0021.0021.00
#0000007.8821.001.001.00
##0000007.8821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#95A6D0
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8499CD
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B3B4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #55a8ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 168, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.098 230.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc1dd',
    500: '#55a8ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #55a8ce;
$custom-light: #8fc1dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#55a8ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.843,
    "s": 55.251,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6947,
    "c": 0.09795,
    "h": 230.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#55A8CE
secondary
#D8B6A7
accent
#7849DF
background
#F9FBFD
surface
#F2F7FB
border
#CCD0D4
text
#0D1215
muted
#7E8183

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#55A8CE Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva