#55AFDE#55AFDE

#55AFDE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.110 H 234.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55AFDE
RGB	rgb(85, 175, 222)
HSL	hsl(201, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(201, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 21.2%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.92, -12.96, -31.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.92, 34.25, 247.77°)
OKLab	oklab(71.78% -0.0645 -0.0888)
OKLCH	oklch(71.78% 0.11 234)
XYZ	xyz(32.2560, 37.8620, 74.7013)
Luminance	0.3786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55AFDE #DE8455

analogous

#55DEC9 #55AFDE #556ADE

triadic

#55AFDE #DE55AF #AFDE55

tetradic

#55AFDE #C955DE #DE8455 #6ADE55

square

#55AFDE #C955DE #DE8455 #6ADE55

split-complementary

#55AFDE #DE556A #DEC955

monochromatic

#1E709B #2895CE #55AFDE #88C7E8 #BCDFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#55AFDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#55AFDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55AFDE

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55AFDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55AFDE	1.00	2.45	8.57	8.57
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98ADE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#859FDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55afde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 175, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.110 234.0);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55afde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.584,
    "s": 67.488,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71783,
    "c": 0.10974,
    "h": 234
  },
  "luminance": 0.37865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55AFDE

secondary

#E2BFAD

accent

#5616CF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #55AFDE

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

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