#55ADD8#55ADD8

#55ADD8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.105 H 232.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55ADD8
RGB	rgb(85, 173, 216)
HSL	hsl(200, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(200, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.6%, 19.9%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.11, -13.75, -29.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.11, 32.70, 245.13°)
OKLab	oklab(71.06% -0.0645 -0.0829)
OKLCH	oklch(71.06% 0.105 232.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.0798, 36.7733, 70.4125)
Luminance	0.3678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55ADD8 #D88055

analogous

#55D8C2 #55ADD8 #556CD8

triadic

#55ADD8 #D855AD #ADD855

tetradic

#55ADD8 #C255D8 #D88055 #6CD855

square

#55ADD8 #C255D8 #D88055 #6CD855

split-complementary

#55ADD8 #D8556C #D8C255

monochromatic

#216D91 #2D92C3 #55ADD8 #87C5E3 #B9DDEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#55ADD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#55ADD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55ADD8

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55ADD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55ADD8	1.00	2.51	8.36	8.36
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98ABDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#869DD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55add8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 173, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.105 232.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c5e4',
    500: '#55add8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55add8;
$custom-light: #90c5e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55add8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.695,
    "s": 62.679,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71059,
    "c": 0.10506,
    "h": 232.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55ADD8

secondary

#DEBCAB

accent

#7842E6

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #55ADD8

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

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