#55ABE0#55ABE0

#55ABE0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.114 H 238.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55ABE0
RGB	rgb(85, 171, 224)
HSL	hsl(203, 69%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(203, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 23.7%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.85, -10.16, -34.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.85, 35.93, 253.57°)
OKLab	oklab(70.96% -0.0597 -0.0967)
OKLCH	oklch(70.96% 0.114 238.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.7586, 36.4358, 75.8657)
Luminance	0.3644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55ABE0 #E08A55

analogous

#55E0D0 #55ABE0 #5565E0

triadic

#55ABE0 #E055AB #ABE055

tetradic

#55ABE0 #D055E0 #E08A55 #65E055

square

#55ABE0 #D055E0 #E08A55 #65E055

split-complementary

#55ABE0 #E05565 #E0D055

monochromatic

#1D6D9E #2690D2 #55ABE0 #89C5E9 #BDDEF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#55ABE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#55ABE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55ABE0

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55ABE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55ABE0	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)

#93AAE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F9CDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55abe0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 171, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.114 238.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c3ea',
    500: '#55abe0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55abe0;
$custom-light: #91c3ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55abe0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.878,
    "s": 69.154,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70962,
    "c": 0.11363,
    "h": 238.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55ABE0

secondary

#E3C2AE

accent

#5C14D1

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #55ABE0

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

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