#55AFD2#55AFD2

#55AFD2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.100 H 226.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55AFD2
RGB	rgb(85, 175, 210)
HSL	hsl(197, 58%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(197, 60%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 16.7%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.46, -16.65, -25.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.46, 30.73, 237.18°)
OKLab	oklab(71.26% -0.0688 -0.0719)
OKLCH	oklch(71.26% 0.1 226.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.7046, 37.2414, 66.5304)
Luminance	0.3724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55AFD2 #D27855

analogous

#55D2B7 #55AFD2 #5570D2

triadic

#55AFD2 #D255AF #AFD255

tetradic

#55AFD2 #B755D2 #D27855 #70D255

square

#55AFD2 #B755D2 #D27855 #70D255

split-complementary

#55AFD2 #D25570 #D2B755

monochromatic

#246C88 #3193B9 #55AFD2 #85C6DF #B6DDEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#55AFD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#55AFD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55AFD2

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55AFD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55AFD2	1.00	2.49	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CACD4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A9ED2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55afd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 175, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.100 226.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c7e0',
    500: '#55afd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55afd2;
$custom-light: #90c7e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55afd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.8,
    "s": 58.14,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71263,
    "c": 0.09957,
    "h": 226.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55AFD2

secondary

#DAB6A8

accent

#7246E1

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #55AFD2

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

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