#55AADD#55AADD

#55AADD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.111 H 237.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55AADD
RGB	rgb(85, 170, 221)
HSL	hsl(203, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(203, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 23.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.44, -10.56, -33.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.44, 35.07, 252.47°)
OKLab	oklab(70.6% -0.0596 -0.0938)
OKLCH	oklch(70.6% 0.111 237.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.1672, 35.8981, 73.6791)
Luminance	0.3590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55AADD #DD8855

analogous

#55DDCC #55AADD #5566DD

triadic

#55AADD #DD55AA #AADD55

tetradic

#55AADD #CC55DD #DD8855 #66DD55

square

#55AADD #CC55DD #DD8855 #66DD55

split-complementary

#55AADD #DD5566 #DDCC55

monochromatic

#1F6B99 #298FCC #55AADD #88C4E7 #BBDDF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#55AADD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#55AADD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55AADD

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55AADD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55AADD	1.00	2.57	8.18	8.18
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A9DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#809BDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55aadd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 170, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.111 237.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c3e7',
    500: '#55aadd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55aadd;
$custom-light: #91c3e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55aadd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.5,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70596,
    "c": 0.11113,
    "h": 237.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55AADD

secondary

#E1C0AD

accent

#7E3EEA

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #55AADD

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

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