#55CDEB#55CDEB

#55CDEB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.114 H 217.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CDEB
RGB	rgb(85, 205, 235)
HSL	hsl(192, 79%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(192, 64%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.8%, 12.8%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.03, -24.55, -24.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.03, 34.87, 225.24°)
OKLab	oklab(79.22% -0.0907 -0.0689)
OKLCH	oklch(79.22% 0.114 217.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.5669, 51.5878, 86.4007)
Luminance	0.5159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CDEB #EB7355

analogous

#55EBBE #55CDEB #5582EB

triadic

#55CDEB #EB55CD #CDEB55

tetradic

#55CDEB #BE55EB #EB7355 #82EB55

square

#55CDEB #BE55EB #EB7355 #82EB55

split-complementary

#55CDEB #EB5582 #EBBE55

monochromatic

#1592B1 #1EBDE5 #55CDEB #8CDDF1 #C3EDF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#55CDEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.32

#55CDEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CDEB

11.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CDEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CDEB	1.00	1.86	11.32	11.32
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C7ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B7EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55cdeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 205, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.114 217.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94dcf1',
    500: '#55cdeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55cdeb;
$custom-light: #94dcf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55cdeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192,
    "s": 78.947,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79225,
    "c": 0.11386,
    "h": 217.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CDEB

secondary

#B14C33

accent

#340ADB

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CDEB

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

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