#55AEDD#55AEDD

#55AEDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.109 H 234.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55AEDD
RGB	rgb(85, 174, 221)
HSL	hsl(201, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(201, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 21.3%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.59, -12.73, -31.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.59, 34.13, 248.10°)
OKLab	oklab(71.51% -0.0638 -0.0886)
OKLCH	oklch(71.51% 0.109 234.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.9285, 37.4207, 73.9329)
Luminance	0.3742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55AEDD #DD8455

analogous

#55DDC8 #55AEDD #556ADD

triadic

#55AEDD #DD55AE #AEDD55

tetradic

#55AEDD #C855DD #DD8455 #6ADD55

square

#55AEDD #C855DD #DD8455 #6ADD55

split-complementary

#55AEDD #DD556A #DDC855

monochromatic

#1F6F99 #2994CC #55AEDD #88C6E7 #BBDFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#55AEDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#55AEDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55AEDD

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55AEDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55AEDD	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97ACDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#859FDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BABE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55aedd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 174, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.109 234.2);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55aedd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.735,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71509,
    "c": 0.10924,
    "h": 234.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55AEDD

secondary

#E1BFAD

accent

#793EEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #55AEDD

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

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