#55ADD5#55ADD5

#55ADD5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.102 H 230.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55ADD5
RGB	rgb(85, 173, 213)
HSL	hsl(199, 60%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(199, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.1%, 18.8%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.99, -14.67, -28.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.99, 31.78, 242.50°)
OKLab	oklab(70.93% -0.0656 -0.0787)
OKLCH	oklch(70.93% 0.102 230.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.6955, 36.6195, 68.3885)
Luminance	0.3662 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55ADD5 #D57D55

analogous

#55D5BD #55ADD5 #556DD5

triadic

#55ADD5 #D555AD #ADD555

tetradic

#55ADD5 #BD55D5 #D57D55 #6DD555

square

#55ADD5 #BD55D5 #D57D55 #6DD555

split-complementary

#55ADD5 #D5556D #D5BD55

monochromatic

#236C8D #2F91BE #55ADD5 #86C5E1 #B7DCED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#55ADD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#55ADD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55ADD5

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55ADD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55ADD5	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)

#99ABD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#879DD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55add5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 173, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.102 230.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c5e2',
    500: '#55add5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55add5;
$custom-light: #90c5e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55add5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.75,
    "s": 60.377,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70928,
    "c": 0.10246,
    "h": 230.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55ADD5

secondary

#DCB9A9

accent

#7644E4

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #55ADD5

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

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