#55CDE5#55CDE5

#55CDE5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.111 H 213.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CDE5
RGB	rgb(85, 205, 229)
HSL	hsl(190, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(190, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 10.5%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.83, -26.32, -21.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.83, 34.21, 219.70°)
OKLab	oklab(78.99% -0.093 -0.0607)
OKLCH	oklch(78.99% 0.111 213.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.7146, 51.2469, 81.9122)
Luminance	0.5125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CDE5 #E56D55

analogous

#55E5B5 #55CDE5 #5585E5

triadic

#55CDE5 #E555CD #CDE555

tetradic

#55CDE5 #B555E5 #E56D55 #85E555

square

#55CDE5 #B555E5 #E56D55 #85E555

split-complementary

#55CDE5 #E55585 #E5B555

monochromatic

#198FA6 #22BCDB #55CDE5 #8ADDED #BFECF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#55CDE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.25

#55CDE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CDE5

11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CDE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CDE5	1.00	1.87	11.25	11.25
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC7E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B7E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55cde5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 205, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.111 213.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94dced',
    500: '#55cde5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55cde5;
$custom-light: #94dced;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55cde5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190,
    "s": 73.469,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78992,
    "c": 0.11103,
    "h": 213.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CDE5

secondary

#A84936

accent

#3110D6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CDE5

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

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