#55ADE7#55ADE7

#55ADE7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.120 H 240.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55ADE7
RGB	rgb(85, 173, 231)
HSL	hsl(204, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(204, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 25.1%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.71, -9.03, -36.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.71, 38.04, 256.27°)
OKLab	oklab(71.74% -0.0595 -0.1039)
OKLCH	oklch(71.74% 0.12 240.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.1082, 37.5846, 81.0955)
Luminance	0.3759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55ADE7 #E78F55

analogous

#55E7D8 #55ADE7 #5564E7

triadic

#55ADE7 #E755AD #ADE755

tetradic

#55ADE7 #D855E7 #E78F55 #64E755

square

#55ADE7 #D855E7 #E78F55 #64E755

split-complementary

#55ADE7 #E75564 #E7D855

monochromatic

#1870AA #2093DF #55ADE7 #8BC7EF #C0E1F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#55ADE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#55ADE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55ADE7

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55ADE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55ADE7	1.00	2.47	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93ADEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F9FE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55ade7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 173, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.120 240.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92c5ef',
    500: '#55ade7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55ade7;
$custom-light: #92c5ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55ade7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.836,
    "s": 75.258,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71741,
    "c": 0.11969,
    "h": 240.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55ADE7

secondary

#E7C6B1

accent

#5E0ED7

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #55ADE7

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

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