#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
RGB	rgb(85, 173, 204)
HSL	hsl(196, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(196, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.3%, 15.2%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.65, -17.41, -23.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.65, 29.44, 233.75°)
OKLab	oklab(70.55% -0.0689 -0.066)
OKLCH	oklch(70.55% 0.095 223.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.5847, 36.1752, 62.5384)
Luminance	0.3618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##55ADCC	1.00	2.55	8.24	8.24
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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