#55AED2#55AED2

#55AED2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.100 H 227.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55AED2
RGB	rgb(85, 174, 210)
HSL	hsl(197, 58%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(197, 60%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 17.1%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.17, -16.13, -26.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.17, 30.82, 238.45°)
OKLab	oklab(71.03% -0.0678 -0.0732)
OKLCH	oklch(71.03% 0.1 227.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.5107, 36.8536, 66.4658)
Luminance	0.3686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55AED2 #D27955

analogous

#55D2B8 #55AED2 #556FD2

triadic

#55AED2 #D255AE #AED255

tetradic

#55AED2 #B855D2 #D27955 #6FD255

square

#55AED2 #B855D2 #D27955 #6FD255

split-complementary

#55AED2 #D2556F #D2B855

monochromatic

#246C88 #3192B9 #55AED2 #85C5DF #B6DCEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#55AED2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#55AED2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55AED2

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55AED2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55AED2	1.00	2.51	8.37	8.37
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BABD4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#899ED2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55aed2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 174, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.100 227.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c6e0',
    500: '#55aed2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55aed2;
$custom-light: #90c6e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55aed2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.28,
    "s": 58.14,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71031,
    "c": 0.09976,
    "h": 227.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55AED2

secondary

#DAB7A8

accent

#7346E1

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #55AED2

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

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