#55AADE#55AADE

#55AADE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.112 H 238.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55AADE
RGB	rgb(85, 170, 222)
HSL	hsl(203, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(203, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 23.4%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.48, -10.25, -33.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.48, 35.45, 253.20°)
OKLab	oklab(70.64% -0.0593 -0.0952)
OKLCH	oklch(70.64% 0.112 238.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.3008, 35.9516, 74.3829)
Luminance	0.3595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#55AADE #DE8955

analogous

#55DECE #55AADE #5565DE

triadic

#55AADE #DE55AA #AADE55

tetradic

#55AADE #CE55DE #DE8955 #65DE55

square

#55AADE #CE55DE #DE8955 #65DE55

split-complementary

#55AADE #DE5565 #DECE55

monochromatic

#1E6B9B #288FCE #55AADE #88C4E8 #BCDDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#55AADE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#55AADE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55AADE

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55AADE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55AADE	1.00	2.56	8.19	8.19
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A9E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F9CDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55aade;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 170, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.112 238.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c3e8',
    500: '#55aade',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55aade;
$custom-light: #91c3e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55aade",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.774,
    "s": 67.488,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70642,
    "c": 0.11213,
    "h": 238.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55AADE

secondary

#E2C1AD

accent

#5C16CF

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #55AADE

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

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