#55AFDA#55AFDA

#55AFDA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.106 H 231.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55AFDA
RGB	rgb(85, 175, 218)
HSL	hsl(199, 64%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(199, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 19.7%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.76, -14.20, -29.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.76, 32.97, 244.48°)
OKLab	oklab(71.61% -0.0659 -0.0832)
OKLCH	oklch(71.61% 0.106 231.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.7263, 37.6501, 71.9113)
Luminance	0.3765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55AFDA #DA8055

analogous

#55DAC2 #55AFDA #556DDA

triadic

#55AFDA #DA55AF #AFDA55

tetradic

#55AFDA #C255DA #DA8055 #6DDA55

square

#55AFDA #C255DA #DA8055 #6DDA55

split-complementary

#55AFDA #DA556D #DAC255

monochromatic

#206F94 #2B94C7 #55AFDA #87C7E5 #BADEF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#55AFDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#55AFDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55AFDA

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55AFDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55AFDA	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AADDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#879FD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55afda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 175, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.106 231.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c6e5',
    500: '#55afda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55afda;
$custom-light: #91c6e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55afda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.398,
    "s": 64.251,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71606,
    "c": 0.10613,
    "h": 231.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55AFDA

secondary

#DFBCAB

accent

#7641E7

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #55AFDA

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

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