#55BAD5#55BAD5

#55BAD5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.101 H 218.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BAD5
RGB	rgb(85, 186, 213)
HSL	hsl(193, 60%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(193, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.1%, 12.7%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.77, -21.48, -22.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.77, 31.04, 226.21°)
OKLab	oklab(73.95% -0.0794 -0.0622)
OKLCH	oklch(73.95% 0.101 218.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.3106, 41.8499, 69.2602)
Luminance	0.4185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#55BAD5 #D57055

analogous

#55D5B0 #55BAD5 #557AD5

triadic

#55BAD5 #D555BA #BAD555

tetradic

#55BAD5 #B055D5 #D57055 #7AD555

square

#55BAD5 #B055D5 #D57055 #7AD555

split-complementary

#55BAD5 #D5557A #D5B055

monochromatic

#23768D #2FA0BE #55BAD5 #86CEE1 #B7E2ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#55BAD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#55BAD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BAD5

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BAD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BAD5	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B5D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A7D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bad5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 186, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.101 218.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91cfe2',
    500: '#55bad5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bad5;
$custom-light: #91cfe2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bad5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.656,
    "s": 60.377,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73946,
    "c": 0.10092,
    "h": 218.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BAD5

secondary

#DCB4A9

accent

#6644E4

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BAD5

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

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