#55D1ED#55D1ED

#55D1ED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.115 H 215.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#55D1ED
RGBrgb(85, 209, 237)
HSLhsl(191, 81%, 63%)
HSVhsv(191, 64%, 93%)
CMYKcmyk(64.1%, 11.8%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LABlab(78.25, -25.95, -23.97)
CIE-LCHlch(78.25, 35.33, 222.73°)
OKLaboklab(80.23% -0.0939 -0.0667)
OKLCHoklch(80.23% 0.115 215.4)
XYZxyz(41.8265, 53.6421, 88.2540)
Luminance0.5365 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#55D1ED #ED7155
analogous
#55EDBD #55D1ED #5585ED
triadic
#55D1ED #ED55D1 #D1ED55
tetradic
#55D1ED #BD55ED #ED7155 #85ED55
square
#55D1ED #BD55ED #ED7155 #85ED55
split-complementary
#55D1ED #ED5585 #EDBD55
monochromatic
#1397B4 #1EC2E7 #55D1ED #8CE0F3 #C4EFF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79
#55D1ED on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.73
#55D1ED on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D1ED
11.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##55D1ED#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##55D1ED1.001.7911.7311.73
#FFFFFF1.791.0021.0021.00
#00000011.7321.001.001.00
##00000011.7321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#BDCBEF
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A8BBED
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00DBDA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #55d1ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 209, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.115 215.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95dff2',
    500: '#55d1ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #55d1ed;
$custom-light: #95dff2;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#55d1ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.053,
    "s": 80.851,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80227,
    "c": 0.11518,
    "h": 215.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#55D1ED
secondary
#B44A32
accent
#3008DD
background
#FCFEFF
surface
#F5FCFE
border
#CFD5D6
text
#0F1517
muted
#808485

Preview Lab

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#55D1ED Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva