#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
RGB	rgb(85, 209, 237)
HSL	hsl(191, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(191, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 11.8%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.25, -25.95, -23.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.25, 35.33, 222.73°)
OKLab	oklab(80.23% -0.0939 -0.0667)
OKLCH	oklch(80.23% 0.115 215.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.8265, 53.6421, 88.2540)
Luminance	0.5365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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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
##55D1ED	1.00	1.79	11.73	11.73
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #55D1ED

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

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