#55ACD7#55ACD7

#55ACD7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.105 H 232.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55ACD7
RGB	rgb(85, 172, 215)
HSL	hsl(200, 62%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(200, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 20%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.78, -13.52, -29.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.78, 32.56, 245.46°)
OKLab	oklab(70.79% -0.0638 -0.0828)
OKLCH	oklch(70.79% 0.105 232.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.7599, 36.3396, 69.6700)
Luminance	0.3634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55ACD7 #D78055

analogous

#55D7C1 #55ACD7 #556BD7

triadic

#55ACD7 #D755AC #ACD755

tetradic

#55ACD7 #C155D7 #D78055 #6BD755

square

#55ACD7 #C155D7 #D78055 #6BD755

split-complementary

#55ACD7 #D7556B #D7C155

monochromatic

#226B90 #2D90C1 #55ACD7 #87C4E3 #B8DCEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#55ACD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#55ACD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55ACD7

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55ACD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55ACD7	1.00	2.54	8.27	8.27
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97AAD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#859DD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55acd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 172, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.105 232.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c4e3',
    500: '#55acd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55acd7;
$custom-light: #90c4e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55acd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.846,
    "s": 61.905,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70785,
    "c": 0.10453,
    "h": 232.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55ACD7

secondary

#DEBBAA

accent

#7843E5

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #55ACD7

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

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