#55ABE1#55ABE1

#55ABE1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.115 H 238.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#55ABE1
RGBrgb(85, 171, 225)
HSLhsl(203, 70%, 61%)
HSVhsv(203, 62%, 88%)
CMYKcmyk(62.2%, 24%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LABlab(66.89, -9.84, -34.94)
CIE-LCHlch(66.89, 36.30, 254.27°)
OKLaboklab(71.01% -0.0593 -0.0981)
OKLCHoklch(71.01% 0.115 238.8)
XYZxyz(31.8947, 36.4902, 76.5820)
Luminance0.3649 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#55ABE1 #E18B55
analogous
#55E1D1 #55ABE1 #5565E1
triadic
#55ABE1 #E155AB #ABE155
tetradic
#55ABE1 #D155E1 #E18B55 #65E155
square
#55ABE1 #D155E1 #E18B55 #65E155
split-complementary
#55ABE1 #E15565 #E1D155
monochromatic
#1C6D9F #2590D3 #55ABE1 #89C5EA #BDDEF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53
#55ABE1 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30
#55ABE1 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55ABE1
8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##55ABE1#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##55ABE11.002.538.308.30
#FFFFFF2.531.0021.0021.00
#0000008.3021.001.001.00
##0000008.3021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#92ABE4
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7F9DE0
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B9BD
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #55abe1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 171, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.115 238.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c3ea',
    500: '#55abe1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #55abe1;
$custom-light: #91c3ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#55abe1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.143,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71008,
    "c": 0.11464,
    "h": 238.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#55ABE1
secondary
#E3C3AE
accent
#5D14D2
background
#F9FCFE
surface
#F2F8FD
border
#CCD1D5
text
#0E1216
muted
#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #55ABE1

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#55ABE1 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva