#55AAE4#55AAE4

#55AAE4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.118 H 241.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55AAE4
RGB	rgb(85, 170, 228)
HSL	hsl(204, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(204, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 25.4%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.73, -8.34, -36.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.73, 37.77, 257.25°)
OKLab	oklab(70.92% -0.0573 -0.1036)
OKLCH	oklch(70.92% 0.118 241)
XYZ	xyz(32.1193, 36.2790, 78.6936)
Luminance	0.3628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55AAE4 #E48F55

analogous

#55E4D7 #55AAE4 #5563E4

triadic

#55AAE4 #E455AA #AAE455

tetradic

#55AAE4 #D755E4 #E48F55 #63E455

square

#55AAE4 #D755E4 #E48F55 #63E455

split-complementary

#55AAE4 #E45563 #E4D755

monochromatic

#1A6CA4 #238FD9 #55AAE4 #8AC4EC #BFDFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#55AAE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#55AAE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55AAE4

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55AAE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55AAE4	1.00	2.54	8.26	8.26
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90AAE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C9CE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55aae4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 170, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.118 241.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92c3ec',
    500: '#55aae4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55aae4;
$custom-light: #92c3ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55aae4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.336,
    "s": 72.589,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70923,
    "c": 0.11837,
    "h": 241
  },
  "luminance": 0.36282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55AAE4

secondary

#E5C5B0

accent

#6011D5

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #55AAE4

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

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