#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
RGB	rgb(85, 171, 225)
HSL	hsl(203, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(203, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.2%, 24%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.89, -9.84, -34.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.89, 36.30, 254.27°)
OKLab	oklab(71.01% -0.0593 -0.0981)
OKLCH	oklch(71.01% 0.115 238.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.8947, 36.4902, 76.5820)
Luminance	0.3649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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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
##55ABE1	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)

#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

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

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