#55AAE0#55AAE0

#55AAE0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.114 H 239.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55AAE0
RGB	rgb(85, 170, 224)
HSL	hsl(203, 69%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(203, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 24.1%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.57, -9.61, -34.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.57, 36.20, 254.60°)
OKLab	oklab(70.74% -0.0586 -0.098)
OKLCH	oklch(70.74% 0.114 239.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.5705, 36.0594, 75.8030)
Luminance	0.3606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55AAE0 #E08B55

analogous

#55E0D0 #55AAE0 #5565E0

triadic

#55AAE0 #E055AA #AAE055

tetradic

#55AAE0 #D055E0 #E08B55 #65E055

square

#55AAE0 #D055E0 #E08B55 #65E055

split-complementary

#55AAE0 #E05565 #E0D055

monochromatic

#1D6C9E #268FD2 #55AAE0 #89C4E9 #BDDEF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#55AAE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#55AAE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55AAE0

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55AAE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55AAE0	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91AAE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E9CDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55aae0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 170, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.114 239.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c3ea',
    500: '#55aae0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55aae0;
$custom-light: #91c3ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55aae0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.309,
    "s": 69.154,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70735,
    "c": 0.11418,
    "h": 239.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55AAE0

secondary

#E3C3AE

accent

#5E14D1

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #55AAE0

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

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