#55ABDF#55ABDF

#55ABDF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.113 H 237.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55ABDF
RGB	rgb(85, 171, 223)
HSL	hsl(203, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(203, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 23.3%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.81, -10.48, -33.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.81, 35.55, 252.86°)
OKLab	oklab(70.92% -0.06 -0.0953)
OKLCH	oklch(70.92% 0.113 237.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.6234, 36.3817, 75.1535)
Luminance	0.3639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55ABDF #DF8955

analogous

#55DFCE #55ABDF #5566DF

triadic

#55ABDF #DF55AB #ABDF55

tetradic

#55ABDF #CE55DF #DF8955 #66DF55

square

#55ABDF #CE55DF #DF8955 #66DF55

split-complementary

#55ABDF #DF5566 #DFCE55

monochromatic

#1D6C9C #2790D0 #55ABDF #89C4E9 #BCDEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#55ABDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#55ABDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55ABDF

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55ABDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55ABDF	1.00	2.54	8.28	8.28
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93AAE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#809CDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55abdf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 171, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.113 237.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c3e9',
    500: '#55abdf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55abdf;
$custom-light: #91c3e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55abdf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.609,
    "s": 68.317,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70916,
    "c": 0.11262,
    "h": 237.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55ABDF

secondary

#E2C1AE

accent

#5C15D0

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #55ABDF

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

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