#55CDEE#55CDEE

#55CDEE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.116 H 219.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CDEE
RGB	rgb(85, 205, 238)
HSL	hsl(193, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(193, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.3%, 13.9%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.14, -23.66, -26.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.14, 35.30, 227.93°)
OKLab	oklab(79.34% -0.0895 -0.073)
OKLCH	oklch(79.34% 0.116 219.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.0040, 51.7626, 88.7025)
Luminance	0.5177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CDEE #EE7655

analogous

#55EEC2 #55CDEE #5580EE

triadic

#55CDEE #EE55CD #CDEE55

tetradic

#55CDEE #C255EE #EE7655 #80EE55

square

#55CDEE #C255EE #EE7655 #80EE55

split-complementary

#55CDEE #EE5580 #EEC255

monochromatic

#1293B6 #1DBDE8 #55CDEE #8DDDF4 #C4EEF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#55CDEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.35

#55CDEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CDEE

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CDEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CDEE	1.00	1.85	11.35	11.35
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C8F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B8EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55cdee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 205, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.116 219.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95dcf3',
    500: '#55cdee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55cdee;
$custom-light: #95dcf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55cdee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.941,
    "s": 81.818,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79344,
    "c": 0.11551,
    "h": 219.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CDEE

secondary

#B64E31

accent

#3607DE

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CDEE

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

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