#55ABCD#55ABCD

#55ABCD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.096 H 226.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55ABCD
RGB	rgb(85, 171, 205)
HSL	hsl(197, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(197, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 16.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.11, -16.05, -25.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.11, 29.82, 237.44°)
OKLab	oklab(70.12% -0.0664 -0.07)
OKLCH	oklch(70.12% 0.096 226.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.3244, 35.4621, 63.0453)
Luminance	0.3547 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55ABCD #CD7755

analogous

#55CDB3 #55ABCD #556FCD

triadic

#55ABCD #CD55AB #ABCD55

tetradic

#55ABCD #B355CD #CD7755 #6FCD55

square

#55ABCD #B355CD #CD7755 #6FCD55

split-complementary

#55ABCD #CD556F #CDB355

monochromatic

#266882 #348DB1 #55ABCD #84C2DB #B4DAE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#55ABCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#55ABCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55ABCD

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55ABCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55ABCD	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)

#99A8CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#889BCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55abcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 171, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.096 226.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc4dc',
    500: '#55abcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55abcd;
$custom-light: #8fc4dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55abcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70123,
    "c": 0.09645,
    "h": 226.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55ABCD

secondary

#D7B4A6

accent

#744ADE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #55ABCD

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

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