#55CAED#55CAED

#55CAED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.115 H 220.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CAED
RGB	rgb(85, 202, 237)
HSL	hsl(194, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(194, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 14.8%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.24, -22.44, -27.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.24, 35.14, 230.31°)
OKLab	oklab(78.61% -0.0869 -0.0754)
OKLCH	oklch(78.61% 0.115 220.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.1467, 50.2825, 87.6940)
Luminance	0.5029 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CAED #ED7855

analogous

#55EDC4 #55CAED #557EED

triadic

#55CAED #ED55CA #CAED55

tetradic

#55CAED #C455ED #ED7855 #7EED55

square

#55CAED #C455ED #ED7855 #7EED55

split-complementary

#55CAED #ED557E #EDC455

monochromatic

#138FB4 #1EB9E7 #55CAED #8CDBF3 #C4EDF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#55CAED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.06

#55CAED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CAED

11.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CAED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CAED	1.00	1.90	11.06	11.06
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C5EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB5ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55caed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 202, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.115 220.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94daf3',
    500: '#55caed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55caed;
$custom-light: #94daf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55caed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.816,
    "s": 80.851,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78614,
    "c": 0.11501,
    "h": 220.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CAED

secondary

#B45032

accent

#3908DD

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FBFE

border

#CFD4D6

text

#0E1417

muted

#7F8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CAED

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

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