#55AED5#55AED5

#55AED5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.102 H 229.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55AED5
RGB	rgb(85, 174, 213)
HSL	hsl(198, 60%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(198, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.1%, 18.3%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.28, -15.21, -27.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.28, 31.64, 241.27°)
OKLab	oklab(71.16% -0.0667 -0.0774)
OKLCH	oklch(71.16% 0.102 229.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.8879, 37.0045, 68.4527)
Luminance	0.3701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55AED5 #D57C55

analogous

#55D5BC #55AED5 #556ED5

triadic

#55AED5 #D555AE #AED555

tetradic

#55AED5 #BC55D5 #D57C55 #6ED555

square

#55AED5 #BC55D5 #D57C55 #6ED555

split-complementary

#55AED5 #D5556E #D5BC55

monochromatic

#236D8D #2F92BE #55AED5 #86C5E1 #B7DDED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#55AED5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#55AED5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55AED5

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55AED5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55AED5	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AABD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#889ED4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55aed5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 174, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.102 229.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c6e2',
    500: '#55aed5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55aed5;
$custom-light: #90c6e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55aed5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.281,
    "s": 60.377,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71159,
    "c": 0.10218,
    "h": 229.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55AED5

secondary

#DCB9A9

accent

#7544E4

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #55AED5

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

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