#55ABD0#55ABD0

#55ABD0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.099 H 228.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55ABD0
RGB	rgb(85, 171, 208)
HSL	hsl(198, 57%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(198, 59%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.1%, 17.8%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.22, -15.14, -26.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.22, 30.62, 240.37°)
OKLab	oklab(70.25% -0.0653 -0.0742)
OKLCH	oklch(70.25% 0.099 228.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.6900, 35.6083, 64.9707)
Luminance	0.3561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55ABD0 #D07A55

analogous

#55D0B8 #55ABD0 #556DD0

triadic

#55ABD0 #D055AB #ABD055

tetradic

#55ABD0 #B855D0 #D07A55 #6DD055

square

#55ABD0 #B855D0 #D07A55 #6DD055

split-complementary

#55ABD0 #D0556D #D0B855

monochromatic

#256986 #328EB6 #55ABD0 #85C3DD #B5DAEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#55ABD0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#55ABD0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55ABD0

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55ABD0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55ABD0	1.00	2.59	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A8D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#869BD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55abd0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 171, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.099 228.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc4de',
    500: '#55abd0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55abd0;
$custom-light: #8fc4de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55abd0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.049,
    "s": 56.682,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70251,
    "c": 0.09883,
    "h": 228.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55ABD0

secondary

#D9B7A8

accent

#7648E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #55ABD0

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

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