#55AED9#55AED9

#55AED9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.106 H 231.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55AED9
RGB	rgb(85, 174, 217)
HSL	hsl(200, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(200, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 19.8%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.43, -13.98, -29.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.43, 32.83, 244.81°)
OKLab	oklab(71.33% -0.0652 -0.083)
OKLCH	oklch(71.33% 0.106 231.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.4019, 37.2101, 71.1596)
Luminance	0.3721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55AED9 #D98055

analogous

#55D9C2 #55AED9 #556CD9

triadic

#55AED9 #D955AE #AED955

tetradic

#55AED9 #C255D9 #D98055 #6CD955

square

#55AED9 #C255D9 #D98055 #6CD955

split-complementary

#55AED9 #D9556C #D9C255

monochromatic

#216E93 #2C93C5 #55AED9 #87C6E4 #B9DEEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#55AED9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#55AED9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55AED9

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55AED9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55AED9	1.00	2.49	8.44	8.44
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99ACDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#869ED8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BABC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55aed9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 174, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.106 231.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c6e5',
    500: '#55aed9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55aed9;
$custom-light: #90c6e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55aed9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.545,
    "s": 63.462,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71332,
    "c": 0.1056,
    "h": 231.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55AED9

secondary

#DFBCAB

accent

#7741E6

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #55AED9

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

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