#55ABDD#55ABDD

#55ABDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.111 H 236.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55ABDD
RGB	rgb(85, 171, 221)
HSL	hsl(202, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(202, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 22.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.73, -11.11, -33.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.73, 34.82, 251.40°)
OKLab	oklab(70.82% -0.0607 -0.0925)
OKLCH	oklch(70.82% 0.111 236.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.3554, 36.2745, 73.7418)
Luminance	0.3628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55ABDD #DD8755

analogous

#55DDCB #55ABDD #5567DD

triadic

#55ABDD #DD55AB #ABDD55

tetradic

#55ABDD #CB55DD #DD8755 #67DD55

square

#55ABDD #CB55DD #DD8755 #67DD55

split-complementary

#55ABDD #DD5567 #DDCB55

monochromatic

#1F6C99 #2990CC #55ABDD #88C4E7 #BBDDF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#55ABDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#55ABDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55ABDD

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55ABDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55ABDD	1.00	2.54	8.26	8.26
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94AADF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#819CDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55abdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 171, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.111 236.7);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55abdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.059,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70824,
    "c": 0.11062,
    "h": 236.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55ABDD

secondary

#E1C0AD

accent

#7D3EEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #55ABDD

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

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