#55AED3#55AED3

#55AED3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.101 H 227.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55AED3
RGB	rgb(85, 174, 211)
HSL	hsl(198, 59%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(198, 60%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 17.5%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.20, -15.82, -26.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.20, 31.09, 239.41°)
OKLab	oklab(71.07% -0.0674 -0.0746)
OKLCH	oklch(71.07% 0.101 227.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.6357, 36.9036, 67.1240)
Luminance	0.3691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55AED3 #D37A55

analogous

#55D3B9 #55AED3 #556FD3

triadic

#55AED3 #D355AE #AED355

tetradic

#55AED3 #B955D3 #D37A55 #6FD355

square

#55AED3 #B955D3 #D37A55 #6FD355

split-complementary

#55AED3 #D3556F #D3B955

monochromatic

#246C8A #3092BB #55AED3 #86C5E0 #B6DCEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#55AED3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#55AED3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55AED3

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55AED3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55AED3	1.00	2.51	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BABD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#899ED3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55aed3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 174, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.101 227.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c6e0',
    500: '#55aed3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55aed3;
$custom-light: #90c6e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55aed3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.619,
    "s": 58.879,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71073,
    "c": 0.10055,
    "h": 227.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55AED3

secondary

#DBB8A9

accent

#7446E2

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #55AED3

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

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