#55BADD#55BADD

#55BADD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.106 H 223.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BADD
RGB	rgb(85, 186, 221)
HSL	hsl(195, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(195, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 15.8%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.05, -19.08, -26.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.05, 32.52, 234.08°)
OKLab	oklab(74.27% -0.0764 -0.0734)
OKLCH	oklch(74.27% 0.106 223.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.3512, 42.2661, 74.7404)
Luminance	0.4227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BADD #DD7855

analogous

#55DDBC #55BADD #5576DD

triadic

#55BADD #DD55BA #BADD55

tetradic

#55BADD #BC55DD #DD7855 #76DD55

square

#55BADD #BC55DD #DD7855 #76DD55

split-complementary

#55BADD #DD5576 #DDBC55

monochromatic

#1F7A99 #29A2CC #55BADD #88CFE7 #BBE3F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#55BADD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#55BADD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BADD

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BADD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BADD	1.00	2.22	9.45	9.45
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B6DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A8DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55badd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 186, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.106 223.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92cee7',
    500: '#55badd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55badd;
$custom-light: #92cee7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55badd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.441,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7427,
    "c": 0.10594,
    "h": 223.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BADD

secondary

#E1BAAD

accent

#6A3EEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BADD

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

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