#55CDE8#55CDE8

#55CDE8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.112 H 215.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CDE8
RGB	rgb(85, 205, 232)
HSL	hsl(191, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(191, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 11.6%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.93, -25.44, -23.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.93, 34.50, 222.49°)
OKLab	oklab(79.11% -0.0918 -0.0648)
OKLCH	oklch(79.11% 0.112 215.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.1371, 51.4159, 84.1373)
Luminance	0.5142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CDE8 #E87055

analogous

#55E8B9 #55CDE8 #5584E8

triadic

#55CDE8 #E855CD #CDE855

tetradic

#55CDE8 #B955E8 #E87055 #84E855

square

#55CDE8 #B955E8 #E87055 #84E855

split-complementary

#55CDE8 #E85584 #E8B955

monochromatic

#1790AB #1FBDE1 #55CDE8 #8BDDEF #C1EDF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#55CDE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.28

#55CDE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CDE8

11.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CDE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CDE8	1.00	1.86	11.28	11.28
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC7EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B7E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55cde8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 205, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.112 215.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94dcef',
    500: '#55cde8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55cde8;
$custom-light: #94dcef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55cde8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.02,
    "s": 76.166,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79108,
    "c": 0.11236,
    "h": 215.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.5142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CDE8

secondary

#AD4B35

accent

#320DD8

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CDE8

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

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