#55AAEE#55AAEE

#55AAEE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.129 H 245.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55AAEE
RGB	rgb(85, 170, 238)
HSL	hsl(207, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(207, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.3%, 28.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.16, -5.11, -41.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.16, 41.95, 263.00°)
OKLab	oklab(71.41% -0.0542 -0.1175)
OKLCH	oklch(71.41% 0.129 245.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.5479, 36.8504, 86.2172)
Luminance	0.3685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55AAEE #EE9955

analogous

#55EEE6 #55AAEE #555DEE

triadic

#55AAEE #EE55AA #AAEE55

tetradic

#55AAEE #E655EE #EE9955 #5DEE55

square

#55AAEE #E655EE #EE9955 #5DEE55

split-complementary

#55AAEE #EE555D #EEE655

monochromatic

#126DB6 #1D8EE8 #55AAEE #8DC6F4 #C4E2F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#55AAEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#55AAEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55AAEE

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55AAEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55AAEE	1.00	2.51	8.37	8.37
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CACF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#779DED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55aaee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 170, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.129 245.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93c3f4',
    500: '#55aaee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55aaee;
$custom-light: #93c3f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55aaee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.667,
    "s": 81.818,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71406,
    "c": 0.12938,
    "h": 245.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55AAEE

secondary

#EBCCB4

accent

#6707DE

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1217

muted

#7E8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #55AAEE

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

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