#55AADC#55AADC

#55AADC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.110 H 237.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55AADC
RGB	rgb(85, 170, 220)
HSL	hsl(202, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(202, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 22.7%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.40, -10.88, -32.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.40, 34.71, 251.74°)
OKLab	oklab(70.55% -0.06 -0.0924)
OKLCH	oklch(70.55% 0.11 237)
XYZ	xyz(31.0344, 35.8450, 72.9795)
Luminance	0.3585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#55AADC #DC8755

analogous

#55DCCA #55AADC #5567DC

triadic

#55AADC #DC55AA #AADC55

tetradic

#55AADC #CA55DC #DC8755 #67DC55

square

#55AADC #CA55DC #DC8755 #67DC55

split-complementary

#55AADC #DC5567 #DCCA55

monochromatic

#1F6B97 #2A8FCA #55AADC #88C3E6 #BBDDF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#55AADC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#55AADC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55AADC

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55AADC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55AADC	1.00	2.57	8.17	8.17
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A9DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#809BDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55aadc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 170, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.110 237.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c3e7',
    500: '#55aadc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55aadc;
$custom-light: #91c3e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55aadc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.222,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70551,
    "c": 0.11013,
    "h": 237
  },
  "luminance": 0.35848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55AADC

secondary

#E0C0AC

accent

#7E3FE9

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #55AADC

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

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