#55A9DC#55A9DC

#55A9DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.111 H 237.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A9DC
RGB	rgb(85, 169, 220)
HSL	hsl(203, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(203, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 23.2%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.11, -10.33, -33.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.11, 34.96, 252.81°)
OKLab	oklab(70.32% -0.0589 -0.0937)
OKLCH	oklch(70.32% 0.111 237.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.8476, 35.4715, 72.9173)
Luminance	0.3548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A9DC #DC8855

analogous

#55DCCC #55A9DC #5565DC

triadic

#55A9DC #DC55A9 #A9DC55

tetradic

#55A9DC #CC55DC #DC8855 #65DC55

square

#55A9DC #CC55DC #DC8855 #65DC55

split-complementary

#55A9DC #DC5565 #DCCC55

monochromatic

#1F6A97 #2A8ECA #55A9DC #88C3E6 #BBDCF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#55A9DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#55A9DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55A9DC

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A9DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A9DC	1.00	2.59	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A8DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F9BDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a9dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 169, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.111 237.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c2e7',
    500: '#55a9dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a9dc;
$custom-light: #91c2e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a9dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.667,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70323,
    "c": 0.11065,
    "h": 237.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A9DC

secondary

#E0C0AC

accent

#7F3FE9

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A9DC

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

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