#55ABDA#55ABDA

#55ABDA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.108 H 235.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55ABDA
RGB	rgb(85, 171, 218)
HSL	hsl(201, 64%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(201, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 21.6%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.61, -12.05, -31.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.61, 33.76, 249.09°)
OKLab	oklab(70.69% -0.0617 -0.0883)
OKLCH	oklch(70.69% 0.108 235)
XYZ	xyz(30.9593, 36.1160, 71.6556)
Luminance	0.3612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55ABDA #DA8455

analogous

#55DAC7 #55ABDA #5569DA

triadic

#55ABDA #DA55AB #ABDA55

tetradic

#55ABDA #C755DA #DA8455 #69DA55

square

#55ABDA #C755DA #DA8455 #69DA55

split-complementary

#55ABDA #DA5569 #DAC755

monochromatic

#206B94 #2B90C7 #55ABDA #87C4E5 #BADDF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#55ABDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#55ABDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55ABDA

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55ABDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55ABDA	1.00	2.55	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95AADC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#829CD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55abda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 171, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.108 235.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c4e5',
    500: '#55abda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55abda;
$custom-light: #90c4e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55abda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.203,
    "s": 64.251,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70689,
    "c": 0.10771,
    "h": 235
  },
  "luminance": 0.36119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55ABDA

secondary

#DFBEAB

accent

#7B41E7

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1215

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #55ABDA

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

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