#55ACD0#55ACD0

#55ACD0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.099 H 227.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55ACD0
RGB	rgb(85, 172, 208)
HSL	hsl(198, 57%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(198, 59%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.1%, 17.3%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.51, -15.67, -26.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.51, 30.51, 239.09°)
OKLab	oklab(70.48% -0.0663 -0.0729)
OKLCH	oklch(70.48% 0.099 227.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.8796, 35.9875, 65.0339)
Luminance	0.3599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55ACD0 #D07955

analogous

#55D0B7 #55ACD0 #556FD0

triadic

#55ACD0 #D055AC #ACD055

tetradic

#55ACD0 #B755D0 #D07955 #6FD055

square

#55ACD0 #B755D0 #D07955 #6FD055

split-complementary

#55ACD0 #D0556F #D0B755

monochromatic

#256986 #328FB6 #55ACD0 #85C3DD #B5DBEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#55ACD0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#55ACD0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55ACD0

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55ACD0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55ACD0	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)

#99A9D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#889CD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55acd0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 172, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.099 227.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc4de',
    500: '#55acd0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55acd0;
$custom-light: #8fc4de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55acd0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.561,
    "s": 56.682,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70482,
    "c": 0.0986,
    "h": 227.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55ACD0

secondary

#D9B6A8

accent

#7448E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #55ACD0

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

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