#55AADA#55AADA

#55AADA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.108 H 235.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55AADA
RGB	rgb(85, 170, 218)
HSL	hsl(202, 64%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(202, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 22%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.32, -11.51, -31.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.32, 33.99, 250.21°)
OKLab	oklab(70.46% -0.0606 -0.0896)
OKLCH	oklch(70.46% 0.108 235.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.7711, 35.7397, 71.5929)
Luminance	0.3574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55AADA #DA8555

analogous

#55DAC7 #55AADA #5568DA

triadic

#55AADA #DA55AA #AADA55

tetradic

#55AADA #C755DA #DA8555 #68DA55

square

#55AADA #C755DA #DA8555 #68DA55

split-complementary

#55AADA #DA5568 #DAC755

monochromatic

#206A94 #2B8FC7 #55AADA #87C3E5 #BADCF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#55AADA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#55AADA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55AADA

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55AADA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55AADA	1.00	2.58	8.15	8.15
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A9DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#819BD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55aada;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 170, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.108 235.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c3e5',
    500: '#55aada',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55aada;
$custom-light: #90c3e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55aada",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.654,
    "s": 64.251,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7046,
    "c": 0.10817,
    "h": 235.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55AADA

secondary

#DFBEAB

accent

#7D41E7

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1215

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #55AADA

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

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