#55D0ED#55D0ED

#55D0ED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.115 H 216.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D0ED
RGB	rgb(85, 208, 237)
HSL	hsl(191, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(191, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 12.2%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.97, -25.45, -24.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.97, 35.26, 223.80°)
OKLab	oklab(80% -0.0929 -0.0679)
OKLCH	oklch(80% 0.115 216.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.5820, 53.1530, 88.1725)
Luminance	0.5316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D0ED #ED7255

analogous

#55EDBE #55D0ED #5584ED

triadic

#55D0ED #ED55D0 #D0ED55

tetradic

#55D0ED #BE55ED #ED7255 #84ED55

square

#55D0ED #BE55ED #ED7255 #84ED55

split-complementary

#55D0ED #ED5584 #EDBE55

monochromatic

#1396B4 #1EC1E7 #55D0ED #8CDFF3 #C4EFF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#55D0ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.63

#55D0ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D0ED

11.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D0ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D0ED	1.00	1.81	11.63	11.63
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCCAEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6BAED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBD9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d0ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 208, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.115 216.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95def2',
    500: '#55d0ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d0ed;
$custom-light: #95def2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d0ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.447,
    "s": 80.851,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79996,
    "c": 0.11508,
    "h": 216.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D0ED

secondary

#B44B32

accent

#3108DD

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D0ED

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

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