#55A8DC#55A8DC

#55A8DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.111 H 238.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A8DC
RGB	rgb(85, 168, 220)
HSL	hsl(203, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(203, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 23.6%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.83, -9.78, -33.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.83, 35.23, 253.88°)
OKLab	oklab(70.1% -0.0579 -0.0949)
OKLCH	oklch(70.1% 0.111 238.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.6623, 35.1009, 72.8555)
Luminance	0.3510 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A8DC #DC8955

analogous

#55DCCD #55A8DC #5565DC

triadic

#55A8DC #DC55A8 #A8DC55

tetradic

#55A8DC #CD55DC #DC8955 #65DC55

square

#55A8DC #CD55DC #DC8955 #65DC55

split-complementary

#55A8DC #DC5565 #DCCD55

monochromatic

#1F6997 #2A8CCA #55A8DC #88C2E6 #BBDCF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#55A8DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#55A8DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55A8DC

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A8DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A8DC	1.00	2.62	8.02	8.02
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A8DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E9ADB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a8dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 168, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.111 238.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c1e7',
    500: '#55a8dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a8dc;
$custom-light: #91c1e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a8dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.111,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70095,
    "c": 0.11119,
    "h": 238.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A8DC

secondary

#E0C0AC

accent

#803FE9

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A8DC

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

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