#55D3ED#55D3ED

#55D3ED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.115 H 213.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D3ED
RGB	rgb(85, 211, 237)
HSL	hsl(190, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(190, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 11%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.83, -26.94, -23.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.83, 35.48, 220.61°)
OKLab	oklab(80.69% -0.0959 -0.0642)
OKLCH	oklch(80.69% 0.115 213.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.3203, 54.6297, 88.4186)
Luminance	0.5463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D3ED #ED6F55

analogous

#55EDBB #55D3ED #5587ED

triadic

#55D3ED #ED55D3 #D3ED55

tetradic

#55D3ED #BB55ED #ED6F55 #87ED55

square

#55D3ED #BB55ED #ED6F55 #87ED55

split-complementary

#55D3ED #ED5587 #EDBB55

monochromatic

#1399B4 #1EC5E7 #55D3ED #8CE1F3 #C4F0F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#55D3ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.93

#55D3ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D3ED

11.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D3ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D3ED	1.00	1.76	11.93	11.93
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0CCEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AABCED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDDB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d3ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 211, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.115 213.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95e0f2',
    500: '#55d3ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d3ed;
$custom-light: #95e0f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d3ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.263,
    "s": 80.851,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80689,
    "c": 0.11543,
    "h": 213.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D3ED

secondary

#B44832

accent

#2D08DD

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D3ED

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

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