#55ABE2#55ABE2

#55ABE2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.116 H 239.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55ABE2
RGB	rgb(85, 171, 226)
HSL	hsl(203, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(203, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 24.3%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.93, -9.53, -35.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.93, 36.69, 254.95°)
OKLab	oklab(71.06% -0.059 -0.0995)
OKLCH	oklch(71.06% 0.116 239.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.0315, 36.5449, 77.3026)
Luminance	0.3655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55ABE2 #E28C55

analogous

#55E2D2 #55ABE2 #5564E2

triadic

#55ABE2 #E255AB #ABE255

tetradic

#55ABE2 #D255E2 #E28C55 #64E255

square

#55ABE2 #D255E2 #E28C55 #64E255

split-complementary

#55ABE2 #E25564 #E2D255

monochromatic

#1B6DA1 #2490D5 #55ABE2 #89C5EB #BEDFF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#55ABE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#55ABE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55ABE2

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55ABE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55ABE2	1.00	2.53	8.31	8.31
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92ABE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F9DE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55abe2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 171, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.116 239.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c3eb',
    500: '#55abe2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55abe2;
$custom-light: #91c3eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55abe2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.404,
    "s": 70.854,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71055,
    "c": 0.11567,
    "h": 239.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55ABE2

secondary

#E4C4AF

accent

#5E13D3

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #55ABE2

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

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