#55AAE8#55AAE8

#55AAE8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.123 H 242.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55AAE8
RGB	rgb(85, 170, 232)
HSL	hsl(205, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(205, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 26.7%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.90, -7.05, -38.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.90, 39.40, 259.69°)
OKLab	oklab(71.11% -0.0561 -0.1091)
OKLCH	oklch(71.11% 0.123 242.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.6810, 36.5037, 81.6519)
Luminance	0.3651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55AAE8 #E89355

analogous

#55E8DC #55AAE8 #5561E8

triadic

#55AAE8 #E855AA #AAE855

tetradic

#55AAE8 #DC55E8 #E89355 #61E855

square

#55AAE8 #DC55E8 #E89355 #61E855

split-complementary

#55AAE8 #E85561 #E8DC55

monochromatic

#176DAB #1F8FE1 #55AAE8 #8BC5EF #C1E0F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#55AAE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#55AAE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55AAE8

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55AAE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55AAE8	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EABEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A9CE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55aae8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 170, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.123 242.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92c3ef',
    500: '#55aae8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55aae8;
$custom-light: #92c3ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55aae8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.306,
    "s": 76.166,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71114,
    "c": 0.1227,
    "h": 242.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55AAE8

secondary

#E7C8B1

accent

#630DD8

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #55AAE8

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

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