#55AFCF#55AFCF

#55AFCF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.097 H 224.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55AFCF
RGB	rgb(85, 175, 207)
HSL	hsl(196, 56%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(196, 59%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 15.5%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.35, -17.56, -24.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.35, 30.01, 234.19°)
OKLab	oklab(71.14% -0.0699 -0.0677)
OKLCH	oklch(71.14% 0.097 224.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.3344, 37.0933, 64.5805)
Luminance	0.3710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55AFCF #CF7555

analogous

#55CFB2 #55AFCF #5572CF

triadic

#55AFCF #CF55AF #AFCF55

tetradic

#55AFCF #B255CF #CF7555 #72CF55

square

#55AFCF #B255CF #CF7555 #72CF55

split-complementary

#55AFCF #CF5572 #CFB255

monochromatic

#256B84 #3392B4 #55AFCF #85C5DC #B4DCEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#55AFCF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#55AFCF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55AFCF

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55AFCF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55AFCF	1.00	2.49	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DABD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B9ECF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55afcf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 175, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.097 224.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc7dd',
    500: '#55afcf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55afcf;
$custom-light: #8fc7dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55afcf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.738,
    "s": 55.963,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71138,
    "c": 0.09737,
    "h": 224.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55AFCF

secondary

#D9B4A7

accent

#7049DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #55AFCF

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

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