#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
RGBrgb(85, 173, 225)
HSLhsl(202, 70%, 61%)
HSVhsv(202, 62%, 88%)
CMYKcmyk(62.2%, 23.1%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LABlab(67.47, -10.93, -34.06)
CIE-LCHlch(67.47, 35.77, 252.20°)
OKLaboklab(71.46% -0.0614 -0.0955)
OKLCHoklch(71.46% 0.114 237.3)
XYZxyz(32.2753, 37.2515, 76.7089)
Luminance0.3725 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

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
##55ADE11.002.488.458.45
#FFFFFF2.481.0021.0021.00
#0000008.4521.001.001.00
##0000008.4521.001.001.00

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

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#55ADE1 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva