#55ADDC#55ADDC

#55ADDC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.109 H 234.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55ADDC
RGB	rgb(85, 173, 220)
HSL	hsl(201, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(201, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 21.4%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.26, -12.50, -31.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.26, 34.00, 248.42°)
OKLab	oklab(71.24% -0.0631 -0.0885)
OKLCH	oklch(71.24% 0.109 234.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.6032, 36.9826, 73.1691)
Luminance	0.3699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55ADDC #DC8455

analogous

#55DCC8 #55ADDC #5569DC

triadic

#55ADDC #DC55AD #ADDC55

tetradic

#55ADDC #C855DC #DC8455 #69DC55

square

#55ADDC #C855DC #DC8455 #69DC55

split-complementary

#55ADDC #DC5569 #DCC855

monochromatic

#1F6E97 #2A92CA #55ADDC #88C5E6 #BBDEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#55ADDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#55ADDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55ADDC

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55ADDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55ADDC	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96ACDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#849EDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55addc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 173, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.109 234.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c5e7',
    500: '#55addc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55addc;
$custom-light: #91c5e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55addc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.889,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71236,
    "c": 0.10873,
    "h": 234.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55ADDC

secondary

#E0BEAC

accent

#7A3FE9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #55ADDC

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

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