#55AED1#55AED1

#55AED1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.099 H 226.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55AED1
RGB	rgb(85, 174, 209)
HSL	hsl(197, 57%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(197, 59%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.3%, 16.7%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.13, -16.43, -25.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.13, 30.56, 237.48°)
OKLab	oklab(70.99% -0.0681 -0.0718)
OKLCH	oklch(70.99% 0.099 226.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.3865, 36.8039, 65.8117)
Luminance	0.3681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55AED1 #D17855

analogous

#55D1B6 #55AED1 #5570D1

triadic

#55AED1 #D155AE #AED155

tetradic

#55AED1 #B655D1 #D17855 #70D155

square

#55AED1 #B655D1 #D17855 #70D155

split-complementary

#55AED1 #D15570 #D1B655

monochromatic

#256B87 #3292B7 #55AED1 #85C5DE #B5DCEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#55AED1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#55AED1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55AED1

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55AED1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55AED1	1.00	2.51	8.36	8.36
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BABD3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A9ED1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55aed1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 174, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.099 226.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c6df',
    500: '#55aed1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55aed1;
$custom-light: #90c6df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55aed1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.935,
    "s": 57.407,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70989,
    "c": 0.09899,
    "h": 226.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55AED1

secondary

#DAB6A8

accent

#7247E1

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #55AED1

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

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