#55ABDB#55ABDB

#55ABDB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.109 H 235.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55ABDB
RGB	rgb(85, 171, 219)
HSL	hsl(201, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(201, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 21.9%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.65, -11.73, -32.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.65, 34.11, 249.88°)
OKLab	oklab(70.73% -0.0614 -0.0897)
OKLCH	oklch(70.73% 0.109 235.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.0905, 36.1685, 72.3469)
Luminance	0.3617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55ABDB #DB8555

analogous

#55DBC8 #55ABDB #5568DB

triadic

#55ABDB #DB55AB #ABDB55

tetradic

#55ABDB #C855DB #DB8555 #68DB55

square

#55ABDB #C855DB #DB8555 #68DB55

split-complementary

#55ABDB #DB5568 #DBC855

monochromatic

#206C96 #2A90C8 #55ABDB #88C4E6 #BADDF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#55ABDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#55ABDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55ABDB

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55ABDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55ABDB	1.00	2.55	8.23	8.23
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94AADD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#829CDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55abdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 171, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.109 235.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c4e6',
    500: '#55abdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55abdb;
$custom-light: #91c4e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55abdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.493,
    "s": 65.049,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70734,
    "c": 0.10867,
    "h": 235.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55ABDB

secondary

#E0BFAC

accent

#7C40E8

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #55ABDB

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

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