#55AEDE#55AEDE

#55AEDE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.110 H 234.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55AEDE
RGB	rgb(85, 174, 222)
HSL	hsl(201, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(201, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 21.6%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.63, -12.42, -32.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.63, 34.47, 248.88°)
OKLab	oklab(71.55% -0.0635 -0.09)
OKLCH	oklch(71.55% 0.11 234.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.0621, 37.4741, 74.6366)
Luminance	0.3748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55AEDE #DE8555

analogous

#55DECA #55AEDE #5569DE

triadic

#55AEDE #DE55AE #AEDE55

tetradic

#55AEDE #CA55DE #DE8555 #69DE55

square

#55AEDE #CA55DE #DE8555 #69DE55

split-complementary

#55AEDE #DE5569 #DECA55

monochromatic

#1E6F9B #2894CE #55AEDE #88C6E8 #BCDFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#55AEDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#55AEDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55AEDE

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55AEDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55AEDE	1.00	2.47	8.50	8.50
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97ADE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#849FDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55aede;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 174, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.110 234.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c6e8',
    500: '#55aede',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55aede;
$custom-light: #91c6e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55aede",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.022,
    "s": 67.488,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71554,
    "c": 0.11017,
    "h": 234.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55AEDE

secondary

#E2C0AD

accent

#5716CF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #55AEDE

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

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