#55AACE#55AACE

#55AACE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.097 H 228.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55AACE
RGB	rgb(85, 170, 206)
HSL	hsl(198, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(198, 59%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 17.5%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.85, -15.22, -26.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.85, 30.19, 239.74°)
OKLab	oklab(69.93% -0.0649 -0.0727)
OKLCH	oklch(69.93% 0.097 228.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.2573, 35.1342, 63.6203)
Luminance	0.3514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55AACE #CE7955

analogous

#55CEB5 #55AACE #556ECE

triadic

#55AACE #CE55AA #AACE55

tetradic

#55AACE #B555CE #CE7955 #6ECE55

square

#55AACE #B555CE #CE7955 #6ECE55

split-complementary

#55AACE #CE556E #CEB555

monochromatic

#266783 #338DB2 #55AACE #85C2DC #B4DAE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#55AACE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#55AACE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55AACE

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55AACE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55AACE	1.00	2.62	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A7D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#869ACE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55aace;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 170, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.097 228.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc3dd',
    500: '#55aace',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55aace;
$custom-light: #8fc3dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55aace",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.851,
    "s": 55.251,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69933,
    "c": 0.09744,
    "h": 228.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55AACE

secondary

#D8B5A7

accent

#7649DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #55AACE

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

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