#55ADD7#55ADD7

#55ADD7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.104 H 231.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55ADD7
RGB	rgb(85, 173, 215)
HSL	hsl(199, 62%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(199, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 19.5%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.07, -14.06, -29.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.07, 32.39, 244.27°)
OKLab	oklab(71.02% -0.0649 -0.0815)
OKLCH	oklch(71.02% 0.104 231.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.9509, 36.7217, 69.7337)
Luminance	0.3673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55ADD7 #D77F55

analogous

#55D7C0 #55ADD7 #556CD7

triadic

#55ADD7 #D755AD #ADD755

tetradic

#55ADD7 #C055D7 #D77F55 #6CD755

square

#55ADD7 #C055D7 #D77F55 #6CD755

split-complementary

#55ADD7 #D7556C #D7C055

monochromatic

#226C90 #2D92C1 #55ADD7 #87C5E3 #B8DDEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#55ADD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.34

#55ADD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55ADD7

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55ADD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55ADD7	1.00	2.52	8.34	8.34
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98ABD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#869DD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55add7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 173, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.104 231.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c5e3',
    500: '#55add7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55add7;
$custom-light: #90c5e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55add7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.385,
    "s": 61.905,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71015,
    "c": 0.10418,
    "h": 231.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55ADD7

secondary

#DEBBAA

accent

#7743E5

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #55ADD7

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

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