#55AED6#55AED6

#55AED6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.103 H 229.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55AED6
RGB	rgb(85, 174, 214)
HSL	hsl(199, 61%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(199, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 18.7%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.32, -14.90, -28.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.32, 31.93, 242.18°)
OKLab	oklab(71.2% -0.0663 -0.0788)
OKLCH	oklch(71.2% 0.103 229.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.0153, 37.0554, 69.1232)
Luminance	0.3706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55AED6 #D67D55

analogous

#55D6BD #55AED6 #556DD6

triadic

#55AED6 #D655AE #AED655

tetradic

#55AED6 #BD55D6 #D67D55 #6DD655

square

#55AED6 #BD55D6 #D67D55 #6DD655

split-complementary

#55AED6 #D6556D #D6BD55

monochromatic

#226D8E #2E93C0 #55AED6 #86C5E2 #B8DDEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#55AED6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#55AED6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55AED6

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55AED6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55AED6	1.00	2.50	8.41	8.41
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AACD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#889ED5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55aed6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 174, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.103 229.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c6e2',
    500: '#55aed6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55aed6;
$custom-light: #90c6e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55aed6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.605,
    "s": 61.137,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71202,
    "c": 0.10301,
    "h": 229.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55AED6

secondary

#DDBAAA

accent

#7544E4

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #55AED6

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

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