#55AED7#55AED7

#55AED7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.104 H 230.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55AED7
RGB	rgb(85, 174, 215)
HSL	hsl(199, 62%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(199, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 19.1%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.36, -14.59, -28.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.36, 32.22, 243.07°)
OKLab	oklab(71.25% -0.0659 -0.0802)
OKLCH	oklch(71.25% 0.104 230.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.1434, 37.1066, 69.7978)
Luminance	0.3711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55AED7 #D77E55

analogous

#55D7BF #55AED7 #556DD7

triadic

#55AED7 #D755AE #AED755

tetradic

#55AED7 #BF55D7 #D77E55 #6DD755

square

#55AED7 #BF55D7 #D77E55 #6DD755

split-complementary

#55AED7 #D7556D #D7BF55

monochromatic

#226D90 #2D93C1 #55AED7 #87C6E3 #B8DDEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#55AED7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#55AED7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55AED7

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55AED7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55AED7	1.00	2.49	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99ACD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#879ED6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55aed7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 174, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.104 230.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c6e3',
    500: '#55aed7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55aed7;
$custom-light: #90c6e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55aed7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.923,
    "s": 61.905,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71245,
    "c": 0.10386,
    "h": 230.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55AED7

secondary

#DEBAAA

accent

#7643E5

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #55AED7

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

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