#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
RGB	rgb(85, 168, 206)
HSL	hsl(199, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(199, 59%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 18.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.27, -14.14, -26.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.27, 30.45, 242.33°)
OKLab	oklab(69.47% -0.0627 -0.0752)
OKLCH	oklch(69.47% 0.098 230.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.8852, 34.3900, 63.4963)
Luminance	0.3439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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
##55A8CE	1.00	2.67	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A8CE

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

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