#55ADDD#55ADDD

#55ADDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.110 H 235.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55ADDD
RGB	rgb(85, 173, 221)
HSL	hsl(201, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(201, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 21.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.30, -12.19, -32.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.30, 34.35, 249.21°)
OKLab	oklab(71.28% -0.0628 -0.0899)
OKLCH	oklch(71.28% 0.11 235.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.7360, 37.0358, 73.8687)
Luminance	0.3704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55ADDD #DD8555

analogous

#55DDC9 #55ADDD #5569DD

triadic

#55ADDD #DD55AD #ADDD55

tetradic

#55ADDD #C955DD #DD8555 #69DD55

square

#55ADDD #C955DD #DD8555 #69DD55

split-complementary

#55ADDD #DD5569 #DDC955

monochromatic

#1F6E99 #2992CC #55ADDD #88C6E7 #BBDEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#55ADDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#55ADDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55ADDD

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55ADDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55ADDD	1.00	2.50	8.41	8.41
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96ACDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#839EDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BABD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55addd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 173, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.110 235.1);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55addd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.176,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71281,
    "c": 0.10967,
    "h": 235.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55ADDD

secondary

#E1BFAD

accent

#7B3EEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #55ADDD

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

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