#55AFDC#55AFDC

#55AFDC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.108 H 232.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55AFDC
RGB	rgb(85, 175, 220)
HSL	hsl(200, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(200, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 20.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.84, -13.58, -30.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.84, 33.60, 246.16°)
OKLab	oklab(71.69% -0.0652 -0.086)
OKLCH	oklch(71.69% 0.108 232.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.9896, 37.7554, 73.2979)
Luminance	0.3776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55AFDC #DC8255

analogous

#55DCC6 #55AFDC #556CDC

triadic

#55AFDC #DC55AF #AFDC55

tetradic

#55AFDC #C655DC #DC8255 #6CDC55

square

#55AFDC #C655DC #DC8255 #6CDC55

split-complementary

#55AFDC #DC556C #DCC655

monochromatic

#1F6F97 #2A95CA #55AFDC #88C7E6 #BBDFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#55AFDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#55AFDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55AFDC

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55AFDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55AFDC	1.00	2.46	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99ADDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#869FDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55afdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 175, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.108 232.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c6e7',
    500: '#55afdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55afdc;
$custom-light: #91c6e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55afdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71694,
    "c": 0.10791,
    "h": 232.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55AFDC

secondary

#E0BEAC

accent

#783FE9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #55AFDC

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

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