#55D2ED#55D2ED

#55D2ED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.115 H 214.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D2ED
RGB	rgb(85, 210, 237)
HSL	hsl(191, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(191, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 11.4%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.54, -26.44, -23.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.54, 35.40, 221.67°)
OKLab	oklab(80.46% -0.0949 -0.0654)
OKLCH	oklch(80.46% 0.115 214.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.0726, 54.1344, 88.3360)
Luminance	0.5414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D2ED #ED7055

analogous

#55EDBC #55D2ED #5586ED

triadic

#55D2ED #ED55D2 #D2ED55

tetradic

#55D2ED #BC55ED #ED7055 #86ED55

square

#55D2ED #BC55ED #ED7055 #86ED55

split-complementary

#55D2ED #ED5586 #EDBC55

monochromatic

#1398B4 #1EC3E7 #55D2ED #8CE1F3 #C4EFF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#55D2ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.83

#55D2ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D2ED

11.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D2ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D2ED	1.00	1.78	11.83	11.83
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFCCEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9BBED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCDA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d2ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 210, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.115 214.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95e0f2',
    500: '#55d2ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d2ed;
$custom-light: #95e0f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d2ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.658,
    "s": 80.851,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80458,
    "c": 0.11529,
    "h": 214.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D2ED

secondary

#B44932

accent

#2E08DD

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D2ED

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

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