#55ADCE#55ADCE

#55ADCE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.097 H 225.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55ADCE
RGB	rgb(85, 173, 206)
HSL	hsl(196, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(196, 59%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 16%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.73, -16.81, -24.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.73, 29.91, 235.80°)
OKLab	oklab(70.63% -0.0682 -0.0689)
OKLCH	oklch(70.63% 0.097 225.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.8261, 36.2718, 63.8099)
Luminance	0.3628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55ADCE #CE7655

analogous

#55CEB3 #55ADCE #5570CE

triadic

#55ADCE #CE55AD #ADCE55

tetradic

#55ADCE #B355CE #CE7655 #70CE55

square

#55ADCE #B355CE #CE7655 #70CE55

split-complementary

#55ADCE #CE5570 #CEB355

monochromatic

#266983 #3390B2 #55ADCE #85C4DC #B4DBE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#55ADCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#55ADCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55ADCE

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55ADCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55ADCE	1.00	2.54	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.54	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)

#9BAAD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A9DCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55adce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 173, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.097 225.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc5dd',
    500: '#55adce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55adce;
$custom-light: #8fc5dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55adce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.364,
    "s": 55.251,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70631,
    "c": 0.09689,
    "h": 225.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55ADCE

secondary

#D8B4A7

accent

#7249DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #55ADCE

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

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