#55AEDC#55AEDC

#55AEDC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.108 H 233.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55AEDC
RGB	rgb(85, 174, 220)
HSL	hsl(200, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(200, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 20.9%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.55, -13.04, -31.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.55, 33.80, 247.30°)
OKLab	oklab(71.47% -0.0642 -0.0872)
OKLCH	oklch(71.47% 0.108 233.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.7957, 37.3676, 73.2333)
Luminance	0.3737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55AEDC #DC8355

analogous

#55DCC6 #55AEDC #556BDC

triadic

#55AEDC #DC55AE #AEDC55

tetradic

#55AEDC #C655DC #DC8355 #6BDC55

square

#55AEDC #C655DC #DC8355 #6BDC55

split-complementary

#55AEDC #DC556B #DCC655

monochromatic

#1F6E97 #2A93CA #55AEDC #88C6E6 #BBDEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#55AEDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#55AEDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55AEDC

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55AEDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55AEDC	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98ACDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#859EDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BABD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55aedc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 174, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.108 233.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c6e7',
    500: '#55aedc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55aedc;
$custom-light: #91c6e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55aedc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.444,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71465,
    "c": 0.1083,
    "h": 233.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55AEDC

secondary

#E0BEAC

accent

#793FE9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #55AEDC

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

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