#55AEDB#55AEDB

#55AEDB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.107 H 233.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55AEDB
RGB	rgb(85, 174, 219)
HSL	hsl(200, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(200, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 20.5%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.51, -13.36, -30.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.51, 33.47, 246.48°)
OKLab	oklab(71.42% -0.0645 -0.0858)
OKLCH	oklch(71.42% 0.107 233.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.6636, 37.3147, 72.5379)
Luminance	0.3732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55AEDB #DB8255

analogous

#55DBC5 #55AEDB #556BDB

triadic

#55AEDB #DB55AE #AEDB55

tetradic

#55AEDB #C555DB #DB8255 #6BDB55

square

#55AEDB #C555DB #DB8255 #6BDB55

split-complementary

#55AEDB #DB556B #DBC555

monochromatic

#206E96 #2A93C8 #55AEDB #88C6E6 #BADEF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#55AEDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#55AEDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55AEDB

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55AEDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55AEDB	1.00	2.48	8.46	8.46
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98ACDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#859EDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BABD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55aedb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 174, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.107 233.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c6e6',
    500: '#55aedb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55aedb;
$custom-light: #91c6e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55aedb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.149,
    "s": 65.049,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7142,
    "c": 0.10739,
    "h": 233.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55AEDB

secondary

#E0BDAC

accent

#7840E8

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #55AEDB

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

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