#55ABD7#55ABD7

#55ABD7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.105 H 233.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55ABD7
RGB	rgb(85, 171, 215)
HSL	hsl(200, 62%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(200, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 20.5%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.49, -12.98, -30.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.49, 32.75, 246.65°)
OKLab	oklab(70.56% -0.0627 -0.0841)
OKLCH	oklch(70.56% 0.105 233.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.5703, 35.9604, 69.6068)
Luminance	0.3596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55ABD7 #D78155

analogous

#55D7C2 #55ABD7 #556AD7

triadic

#55ABD7 #D755AB #ABD755

tetradic

#55ABD7 #C255D7 #D78155 #6AD755

square

#55ABD7 #C255D7 #D78155 #6AD755

split-complementary

#55ABD7 #D7556A #D7C255

monochromatic

#226B90 #2D8FC1 #55ABD7 #87C3E3 #B8DCEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#55ABD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#55ABD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55ABD7

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55ABD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55ABD7	1.00	2.56	8.19	8.19
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A9D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#849CD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55abd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 171, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.105 233.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c4e3',
    500: '#55abd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55abd7;
$custom-light: #90c4e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55abd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.308,
    "s": 61.905,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70555,
    "c": 0.10491,
    "h": 233.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55ABD7

secondary

#DEBCAA

accent

#7A43E5

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #55ABD7

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

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