#55AFCD#55AFCD

#55AFCD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.096 H 222.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55AFCD
RGB	rgb(85, 175, 205)
HSL	hsl(195, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(195, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 14.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.27, -18.16, -23.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.27, 29.58, 232.12°)
OKLab	oklab(71.06% -0.0707 -0.0649)
OKLCH	oklch(71.06% 0.096 222.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.0914, 36.9961, 63.3009)
Luminance	0.3700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55AFCD #CD7355

analogous

#55CDAF #55AFCD #5573CD

triadic

#55AFCD #CD55AF #AFCD55

tetradic

#55AFCD #AF55CD #CD7355 #73CD55

square

#55AFCD #AF55CD #CD7355 #73CD55

split-complementary

#55AFCD #CD5573 #CDAF55

monochromatic

#266B82 #3492B1 #55AFCD #84C5DB #B4DCE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#55AFCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#55AFCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55AFCD

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55AFCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55AFCD	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EABCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C9ECD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55afcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 175, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.096 222.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc7dc',
    500: '#55afcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55afcd;
$custom-light: #8fc7dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55afcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71056,
    "c": 0.09599,
    "h": 222.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55AFCD

secondary

#D7B3A6

accent

#6F4ADE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #55AFCD

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

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