#55AFDD#55AFDD

#55AFDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.109 H 233.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55AFDD
RGB	rgb(85, 175, 221)
HSL	hsl(200, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(200, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 20.8%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.88, -13.27, -31.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.88, 33.92, 246.97°)
OKLab	oklab(71.74% -0.0649 -0.0874)
OKLCH	oklch(71.74% 0.109 233.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.1224, 37.8085, 73.9975)
Luminance	0.3781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55AFDD #DD8355

analogous

#55DDC7 #55AFDD #556BDD

triadic

#55AFDD #DD55AF #AFDD55

tetradic

#55AFDD #C755DD #DD8355 #6BDD55

square

#55AFDD #C755DD #DD8355 #6BDD55

split-complementary

#55AFDD #DD556B #DDC755

monochromatic

#1F7099 #2995CC #55AFDD #88C7E7 #BBDFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#55AFDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#55AFDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55AFDD

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55AFDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55AFDD	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99ADDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#869FDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55afdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 175, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.109 233.4);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55afdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.294,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71738,
    "c": 0.10882,
    "h": 233.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55AFDD

secondary

#E1BEAD

accent

#783EEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #55AFDD

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

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