#55ACD9#55ACD9

#55ACD9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.106 H 233.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55ACD9
RGB	rgb(85, 172, 217)
HSL	hsl(200, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(200, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 20.7%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.86, -12.90, -30.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.86, 33.21, 247.14°)
OKLab	oklab(70.87% -0.0631 -0.0856)
OKLCH	oklch(70.87% 0.106 233.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.0184, 36.4431, 71.0317)
Luminance	0.3645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55ACD9 #D98255

analogous

#55D9C4 #55ACD9 #556AD9

triadic

#55ACD9 #D955AC #ACD955

tetradic

#55ACD9 #C455D9 #D98255 #6AD955

square

#55ACD9 #C455D9 #D98255 #6AD955

split-complementary

#55ACD9 #D9556A #D9C455

monochromatic

#216C93 #2C91C5 #55ACD9 #87C4E4 #B9DDEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#55ACD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#55ACD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55ACD9

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55ACD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55ACD9	1.00	2.53	8.29	8.29
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96AADB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#849DD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55acd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 172, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.106 233.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c4e5',
    500: '#55acd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55acd9;
$custom-light: #90c4e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55acd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.455,
    "s": 63.462,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70873,
    "c": 0.10636,
    "h": 233.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55ACD9

secondary

#DFBDAB

accent

#7A41E6

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1215

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #55ACD9

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

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