#55AAE7#55AAE7

#55AAE7 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.122 H 242.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55AAE7
RGB	rgb(85, 170, 231)
HSL	hsl(205, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(205, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 26.4%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.86, -7.38, -38.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.86, 38.99, 259.09°)
OKLab	oklab(71.07% -0.0564 -0.1077)
OKLCH	oklch(71.07% 0.122 242.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.5394, 36.4470, 80.9059)
Luminance	0.3645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55AAE7 #E79255

analogous

#55E7DB #55AAE7 #5561E7

triadic

#55AAE7 #E755AA #AAE755

tetradic

#55AAE7 #DB55E7 #E79255 #61E755

square

#55AAE7 #DB55E7 #E79255 #61E755

split-complementary

#55AAE7 #E75561 #E7DB55

monochromatic

#186DAA #208FDF #55AAE7 #8BC5EF #C0E0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#55AAE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#55AAE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55AAE7

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55AAE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55AAE7	1.00	2.53	8.29	8.29
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FABEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B9CE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55aae7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 170, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.122 242.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92c3ef',
    500: '#55aae7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55aae7;
$custom-light: #92c3ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55aae7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.068,
    "s": 75.258,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71065,
    "c": 0.1216,
    "h": 242.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55AAE7

secondary

#E7C7B1

accent

#620ED7

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #55AAE7

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

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