#55ADCC#55ADCC

#55ADCC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.095 H 223.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#55ADCC
RGBrgb(85, 173, 204)
HSLhsl(196, 54%, 57%)
HSVhsv(196, 58%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(58.3%, 15.2%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LABlab(66.65, -17.41, -23.74)
CIE-LCHlch(66.65, 29.44, 233.75°)
OKLaboklab(70.55% -0.0689 -0.066)
OKLCHoklch(70.55% 0.095 223.8)
XYZxyz(29.5847, 36.1752, 62.5384)
Luminance0.3618 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#55ADCC #CC7455
analogous
#55CCB0 #55ADCC #5572CC
triadic
#55ADCC #CC55AD #ADCC55
tetradic
#55ADCC #B055CC #CC7455 #72CC55
square
#55ADCC #B055CC #CC7455 #72CC55
split-complementary
#55ADCC #CC5572 #CCB055
monochromatic
#266980 #358FAF #55ADCC #84C4DA #B3DAE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55
#55ADCC on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24
#55ADCC on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55ADCC
8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##55ADCC#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##55ADCC1.002.558.248.24
#FFFFFF2.551.0021.0021.00
#0000008.2421.001.001.00
##0000008.2421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9BA9CE
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8A9DCC
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B7B7
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #55adcc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 173, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.095 223.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc5db',
    500: '#55adcc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #55adcc;
$custom-light: #8fc5db;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#55adcc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.63,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70548,
    "c": 0.09545,
    "h": 223.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#55ADCC
secondary
#D7B3A6
accent
#714BDD
background
#F9FCFD
surface
#F2F8FB
border
#CCD1D4
text
#0D1315
muted
#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #55ADCC

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#55ADCC Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva