#55AFD4#55AFD4

#55AFD4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.101 H 227.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55AFD4
RGB	rgb(85, 175, 212)
HSL	hsl(197, 60%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(197, 60%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.9%, 17.5%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.53, -16.05, -26.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.53, 31.24, 239.10°)
OKLab	oklab(71.35% -0.0681 -0.0747)
OKLCH	oklch(71.35% 0.101 227.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.9553, 37.3417, 67.8509)
Luminance	0.3735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55AFD4 #D47A55

analogous

#55D4B9 #55AFD4 #556FD4

triadic

#55AFD4 #D455AF #AFD455

tetradic

#55AFD4 #B955D4 #D47A55 #6FD455

square

#55AFD4 #B955D4 #D47A55 #6FD455

split-complementary

#55AFD4 #D4556F #D4B955

monochromatic

#236D8B #3093BC #55AFD4 #86C6E0 #B7DDED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#55AFD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#55AFD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55AFD4

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55AFD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55AFD4	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CACD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A9FD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BABB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55afd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 175, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.101 227.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c7e1',
    500: '#55afd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55afd4;
$custom-light: #90c7e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55afd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.48,
    "s": 59.624,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71347,
    "c": 0.10112,
    "h": 227.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55AFD4

secondary

#DCB8A9

accent

#7345E3

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #55AFD4

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

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