#55ADE1#55ADE1

#55ADE1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.114 H 237.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55ADE1
RGB	rgb(85, 173, 225)
HSL	hsl(202, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(202, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.2%, 23.1%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.47, -10.93, -34.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.47, 35.77, 252.20°)
OKLab	oklab(71.46% -0.0614 -0.0955)
OKLCH	oklch(71.46% 0.114 237.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.2753, 37.2515, 76.7089)
Luminance	0.3725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#55ADE1 #E18955

analogous

#55E1CF #55ADE1 #5567E1

triadic

#55ADE1 #E155AD #ADE155

tetradic

#55ADE1 #CF55E1 #E18955 #67E155

square

#55ADE1 #CF55E1 #E18955 #67E155

split-complementary

#55ADE1 #E15567 #E1CF55

monochromatic

#1C6F9F #2593D3 #55ADE1 #89C6EA #BDDFF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#55ADE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#55ADE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55ADE1

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55ADE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55ADE1	1.00	2.48	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95ACE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#819EE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BABF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55ade1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 173, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.114 237.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c5ea',
    500: '#55ade1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55ade1;
$custom-light: #91c5ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55ade1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.286,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71462,
    "c": 0.11356,
    "h": 237.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55ADE1

secondary

#E3C2AE

accent

#5A14D2

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #55ADE1

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

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