#55ADE6#55ADE6

#55ADE6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.119 H 239.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55ADE6
RGB	rgb(85, 173, 230)
HSL	hsl(204, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(204, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 24.8%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.67, -9.35, -36.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.67, 37.65, 255.63°)
OKLab	oklab(71.69% -0.0598 -0.1025)
OKLCH	oklch(71.69% 0.119 239.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.9674, 37.5283, 80.3539)
Luminance	0.3753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55ADE6 #E68E55

analogous

#55E6D6 #55ADE6 #5565E6

triadic

#55ADE6 #E655AD #ADE655

tetradic

#55ADE6 #D655E6 #E68E55 #65E655

square

#55ADE6 #D655E6 #E68E55 #65E655

split-complementary

#55ADE6 #E65565 #E6D655

monochromatic

#1970A8 #2193DD #55ADE6 #8AC7EE #C0E0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#55ADE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#55ADE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55ADE6

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55ADE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55ADE6	1.00	2.47	8.51	8.51
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93ADE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F9EE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55ade6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 173, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.119 239.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92c5ee',
    500: '#55ade6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55ade6;
$custom-light: #92c5ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55ade6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.586,
    "s": 74.359,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71694,
    "c": 0.11865,
    "h": 239.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55ADE6

secondary

#E6C6B1

accent

#5D0FD6

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #55ADE6

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

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