#55AADF#55AADF

#55AADF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.113 H 238.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55AADF
RGB	rgb(85, 170, 223)
HSL	hsl(203, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(203, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 23.8%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.52, -9.93, -34.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.52, 35.82, 253.91°)
OKLab	oklab(70.69% -0.059 -0.0966)
OKLCH	oklch(70.69% 0.113 238.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.4353, 36.0054, 75.0908)
Luminance	0.3601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55AADF #DF8A55

analogous

#55DFCF #55AADF #5565DF

triadic

#55AADF #DF55AA #AADF55

tetradic

#55AADF #CF55DF #DF8A55 #65DF55

square

#55AADF #CF55DF #DF8A55 #65DF55

split-complementary

#55AADF #DF5565 #DFCF55

monochromatic

#1D6C9C #278FD0 #55AADF #89C4E9 #BCDEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#55AADF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#55AADF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55AADF

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55AADF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55AADF	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92AAE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F9CDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55aadf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 170, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.113 238.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c3e9',
    500: '#55aadf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55aadf;
$custom-light: #91c3e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55aadf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.043,
    "s": 68.317,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70689,
    "c": 0.11315,
    "h": 238.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55AADF

secondary

#E2C2AE

accent

#5D15D0

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #55AADF

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

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