#55ADCD#55ADCD

#55ADCD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.096 H 224.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55ADCD
RGB	rgb(85, 173, 205)
HSL	hsl(196, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(196, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 15.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.69, -17.11, -24.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.69, 29.67, 234.78°)
OKLab	oklab(70.59% -0.0685 -0.0674)
OKLCH	oklch(70.59% 0.096 224.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.7050, 36.2234, 63.1721)
Luminance	0.3623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55ADCD #CD7555

analogous

#55CDB1 #55ADCD #5571CD

triadic

#55ADCD #CD55AD #ADCD55

tetradic

#55ADCD #B155CD #CD7555 #71CD55

square

#55ADCD #B155CD #CD7555 #71CD55

split-complementary

#55ADCD #CD5571 #CDB155

monochromatic

#266982 #3490B1 #55ADCD #84C4DB #B4DBE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#55ADCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#55ADCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55ADCD

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55ADCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55ADCD	1.00	2.55	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BAACF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A9DCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55adcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 173, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.096 224.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc5dc',
    500: '#55adcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55adcd;
$custom-light: #8fc5dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55adcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70589,
    "c": 0.09616,
    "h": 224.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55ADCD

secondary

#D7B3A6

accent

#714ADE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #55ADCD

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

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