#55A9CD#55A9CD

#55A9CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.097 H 228.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A9CD
RGB	rgb(85, 169, 205)
HSL	hsl(198, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(198, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 17.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.52, -14.98, -26.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.52, 30.03, 240.07°)
OKLab	oklab(69.66% -0.0642 -0.0725)
OKLCH	oklch(69.66% 0.097 228.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.9495, 34.7122, 62.9203)
Luminance	0.3472 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A9CD #CD7955

analogous

#55CDB5 #55A9CD #556DCD

triadic

#55A9CD #CD55A9 #A9CD55

tetradic

#55A9CD #B555CD #CD7955 #6DCD55

square

#55A9CD #B555CD #CD7955 #6DCD55

split-complementary

#55A9CD #CD556D #CDB555

monochromatic

#266682 #348BB1 #55A9CD #84C1DB #B4D9E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#55A9CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.94

#55A9CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55A9CD

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A9CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A9CD	1.00	2.64	7.94	7.94
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A6CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#859ACD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a9cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 169, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.097 228.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc2dc',
    500: '#55a9cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a9cd;
$custom-light: #8fc2dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a9cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69659,
    "c": 0.09686,
    "h": 228.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A9CD

secondary

#D7B5A6

accent

#764ADE

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F7FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A9CD

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

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