#55AED4#55AED4

#55AED4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.101 H 228.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55AED4
RGB	rgb(85, 174, 212)
HSL	hsl(198, 60%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(198, 60%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.9%, 17.9%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.24, -15.52, -27.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.24, 31.36, 240.35°)
OKLab	oklab(71.12% -0.067 -0.076)
OKLCH	oklch(71.12% 0.101 228.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.7614, 36.9539, 67.7863)
Luminance	0.3696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55AED4 #D47B55

analogous

#55D4BA #55AED4 #556ED4

triadic

#55AED4 #D455AE #AED455

tetradic

#55AED4 #BA55D4 #D47B55 #6ED455

square

#55AED4 #BA55D4 #D47B55 #6ED455

split-complementary

#55AED4 #D4556E #D4BA55

monochromatic

#236C8B #3092BC #55AED4 #86C5E0 #B7DDED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#55AED4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#55AED4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55AED4

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55AED4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55AED4	1.00	2.50	8.39	8.39
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AABD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#889ED4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55aed4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 174, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.101 228.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c6e1',
    500: '#55aed4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55aed4;
$custom-light: #90c6e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55aed4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.953,
    "s": 59.624,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71116,
    "c": 0.10135,
    "h": 228.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55AED4

secondary

#DCB8A9

accent

#7445E3

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #55AED4

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

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