#55CDE7#55CDE7

#55CDE7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.112 H 214.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CDE7
RGB	rgb(85, 205, 231)
HSL	hsl(191, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(191, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 11.3%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.90, -25.73, -22.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.90, 34.39, 221.57°)
OKLab	oklab(79.07% -0.0922 -0.0634)
OKLCH	oklch(79.07% 0.112 214.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.9955, 51.3592, 83.3913)
Luminance	0.5136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CDE7 #E76F55

analogous

#55E7B8 #55CDE7 #5584E7

triadic

#55CDE7 #E755CD #CDE755

tetradic

#55CDE7 #B855E7 #E76F55 #84E755

square

#55CDE7 #B855E7 #E76F55 #84E755

split-complementary

#55CDE7 #E75584 #E7B855

monochromatic

#1890AA #20BDDF #55CDE7 #8BDDEF #C0EDF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#55CDE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.27

#55CDE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CDE7

11.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CDE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CDE7	1.00	1.86	11.27	11.27
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC7E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B7E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55cde7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 205, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.112 214.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94dcee',
    500: '#55cde7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55cde7;
$custom-light: #94dcee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55cde7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.685,
    "s": 75.258,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79069,
    "c": 0.11191,
    "h": 214.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CDE7

secondary

#AB4A35

accent

#320ED7

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CDE7

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

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