#55AAE3#55AAE3

#55AAE3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.117 H 240.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55AAE3
RGB	rgb(85, 170, 227)
HSL	hsl(204, 72%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(204, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 25.1%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.69, -8.66, -36.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.69, 37.37, 256.61°)
OKLab	oklab(70.88% -0.0577 -0.1022)
OKLCH	oklch(70.88% 0.117 240.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.9809, 36.2236, 77.9646)
Luminance	0.3623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55AAE3 #E38E55

analogous

#55E3D5 #55AAE3 #5563E3

triadic

#55AAE3 #E355AA #AAE355

tetradic

#55AAE3 #D555E3 #E38E55 #63E355

square

#55AAE3 #D555E3 #E38E55 #63E355

split-complementary

#55AAE3 #E35563 #E3D555

monochromatic

#1B6CA3 #238FD7 #55AAE3 #8AC4EC #BEDFF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#55AAE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#55AAE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55AAE3

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55AAE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55AAE3	1.00	2.55	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90AAE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D9CE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55aae3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 170, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.117 240.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c3ec',
    500: '#55aae3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55aae3;
$custom-light: #91c3ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55aae3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.085,
    "s": 71.717,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70875,
    "c": 0.11731,
    "h": 240.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55AAE3

secondary

#E5C5AF

accent

#6012D4

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #55AAE3

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

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