#55AFDB#55AFDB

#55AFDB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.107 H 232.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55AFDB
RGB	rgb(85, 175, 219)
HSL	hsl(200, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(200, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 20.1%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.80, -13.89, -30.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.80, 33.28, 245.33°)
OKLab	oklab(71.65% -0.0656 -0.0846)
OKLCH	oklch(71.65% 0.107 232.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.8575, 37.7026, 72.6025)
Luminance	0.3771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55AFDB #DB8155

analogous

#55DBC4 #55AFDB #556CDB

triadic

#55AFDB #DB55AF #AFDB55

tetradic

#55AFDB #C455DB #DB8155 #6CDB55

square

#55AFDB #C455DB #DB8155 #6CDB55

split-complementary

#55AFDB #DB556C #DBC455

monochromatic

#206F96 #2A95C8 #55AFDB #88C7E6 #BADFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#55AFDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#55AFDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55AFDB

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55AFDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55AFDB	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99ADDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#879FDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55afdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 175, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.107 232.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c6e6',
    500: '#55afdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55afdb;
$custom-light: #91c6e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55afdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.701,
    "s": 65.049,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7165,
    "c": 0.10702,
    "h": 232.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55AFDB

secondary

#E0BDAC

accent

#7740E8

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #55AFDB

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

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