#55ADD6#55ADD6

#55ADD6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.103 H 230.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55ADD6
RGB	rgb(85, 173, 214)
HSL	hsl(199, 61%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(199, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 19.2%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.03, -14.37, -28.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.03, 32.08, 243.39°)
OKLab	oklab(70.97% -0.0652 -0.0801)
OKLCH	oklch(70.97% 0.103 230.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.8228, 36.6705, 69.0590)
Luminance	0.3667 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55ADD6 #D67E55

analogous

#55D6BE #55ADD6 #556CD6

triadic

#55ADD6 #D655AD #ADD655

tetradic

#55ADD6 #BE55D6 #D67E55 #6CD655

square

#55ADD6 #BE55D6 #D67E55 #6CD655

split-complementary

#55ADD6 #D6556C #D6BE55

monochromatic

#226C8E #2E91C0 #55ADD6 #86C5E2 #B8DDEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#55ADD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#55ADD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55ADD6

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55ADD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55ADD6	1.00	2.52	8.33	8.33
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98ABD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#869DD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55add6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 173, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.103 230.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c5e2',
    500: '#55add6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55add6;
$custom-light: #90c5e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55add6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.07,
    "s": 61.137,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70971,
    "c": 0.10331,
    "h": 230.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55ADD6

secondary

#DDBAAA

accent

#7744E4

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #55ADD6

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

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