#55ACDC#55ACDC

#55ACDC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.109 H 235.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55ACDC
RGB	rgb(85, 172, 220)
HSL	hsl(201, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(201, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 21.8%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.98, -11.96, -32.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.98, 34.23, 249.54°)
OKLab	oklab(71.01% -0.0621 -0.0898)
OKLCH	oklch(71.01% 0.109 235.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.4122, 36.6006, 73.1055)
Luminance	0.3660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55ACDC #DC8555

analogous

#55DCC8 #55ACDC #5569DC

triadic

#55ACDC #DC55AC #ACDC55

tetradic

#55ACDC #C855DC #DC8555 #69DC55

square

#55ACDC #C855DC #DC8555 #69DC55

split-complementary

#55ACDC #DC5569 #DCC855

monochromatic

#1F6D97 #2A91CA #55ACDC #88C5E6 #BBDEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#55ACDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#55ACDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55ACDC

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55ACDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55ACDC	1.00	2.52	8.32	8.32
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95ABDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#839DDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55acdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 172, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.109 235.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c4e7',
    500: '#55acdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55acdc;
$custom-light: #91c4e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55acdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.333,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71007,
    "c": 0.10917,
    "h": 235.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55ACDC

secondary

#E0BFAC

accent

#7B3FE9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #55ACDC

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

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