#55AFDF#55AFDF

#55AFDF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.111 H 234.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55AFDF
RGB	rgb(85, 175, 223)
HSL	hsl(201, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(201, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 21.5%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.96, -12.65, -32.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.96, 34.59, 248.56°)
OKLab	oklab(71.83% -0.0642 -0.0901)
OKLCH	oklch(71.83% 0.111 234.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.3904, 37.9157, 75.4092)
Luminance	0.3792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55AFDF #DF8555

analogous

#55DFCA #55AFDF #556ADF

triadic

#55AFDF #DF55AF #AFDF55

tetradic

#55AFDF #CA55DF #DF8555 #6ADF55

square

#55AFDF #CA55DF #DF8555 #6ADF55

split-complementary

#55AFDF #DF556A #DFCA55

monochromatic

#1D709C #2795D0 #55AFDF #89C7E9 #BCDFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#55AFDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#55AFDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55AFDF

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55AFDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55AFDF	1.00	2.45	8.58	8.58
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98AEE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#859FDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55afdf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 175, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.111 234.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c6e9',
    500: '#55afdf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55afdf;
$custom-light: #91c6e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55afdf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.87,
    "s": 68.317,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71827,
    "c": 0.11067,
    "h": 234.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55AFDF

secondary

#E2C0AE

accent

#5615D0

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #55AFDF

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

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