#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
RGBrgb(85, 173, 215)
HSLhsl(199, 62%, 59%)
HSVhsv(199, 60%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(60.5%, 19.5%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LABlab(67.07, -14.06, -29.17)
CIE-LCHlch(67.07, 32.39, 244.27°)
OKLaboklab(71.02% -0.0649 -0.0815)
OKLCHoklch(71.02% 0.104 231.5)
XYZxyz(30.9509, 36.7217, 69.7337)
Luminance0.3673 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##55ADD71.002.528.348.34
#FFFFFF2.521.0021.0021.00
#0000008.3421.001.001.00
##0000008.3421.001.001.00

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

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#55ADD7 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva