#55ABDC#55ABDC

#55ABDC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.110 H 236.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55ABDC
RGB	rgb(85, 171, 220)
HSL	hsl(202, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(202, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 22.3%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.69, -11.42, -32.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.69, 34.46, 250.64°)
OKLab	oklab(70.78% -0.061 -0.0911)
OKLCH	oklch(70.78% 0.11 236.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.2226, 36.2213, 73.0423)
Luminance	0.3622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55ABDC #DC8655

analogous

#55DCCA #55ABDC #5567DC

triadic

#55ABDC #DC55AB #ABDC55

tetradic

#55ABDC #CA55DC #DC8655 #67DC55

square

#55ABDC #CA55DC #DC8655 #67DC55

split-complementary

#55ABDC #DC5567 #DCCA55

monochromatic

#1F6C97 #2A90CA #55ABDC #88C4E6 #BBDDF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#55ABDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#55ABDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55ABDC

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55ABDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55ABDC	1.00	2.55	8.24	8.24
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94AADE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#819CDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55abdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 171, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.110 236.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c4e7',
    500: '#55abdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55abdc;
$custom-light: #91c4e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55abdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.778,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70779,
    "c": 0.10965,
    "h": 236.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55ABDC

secondary

#E0BFAC

accent

#7D3FE9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #55ABDC

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

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