#55CDEF#55CDEF

#55CDEF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.116 H 219.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CDEF
RGB	rgb(85, 205, 239)
HSL	hsl(193, 83%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(193, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 14.2%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.17, -23.36, -26.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.17, 35.47, 228.81°)
OKLab	oklab(79.38% -0.0891 -0.0743)
OKLCH	oklch(79.38% 0.116 219.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.1513, 51.8215, 89.4784)
Luminance	0.5183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CDEF #EF7755

analogous

#55EFC4 #55CDEF #5580EF

triadic

#55CDEF #EF55CD #CDEF55

tetradic

#55CDEF #C455EF #EF7755 #80EF55

square

#55CDEF #C455EF #EF7755 #80EF55

split-complementary

#55CDEF #EF5580 #EFC455

monochromatic

#1193B8 #1DBDEA #55CDEF #8DDDF4 #C5EEFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#55CDEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.37

#55CDEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CDEF

11.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CDEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CDEF	1.00	1.85	11.37	11.37
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C8F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B8EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55cdef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 205, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.116 219.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95dcf4',
    500: '#55cdef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55cdef;
$custom-light: #95dcf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55cdef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.247,
    "s": 82.796,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79384,
    "c": 0.11608,
    "h": 219.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CDEF

secondary

#B74F31

accent

#3606DF

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CDEF

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

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