#55ABE3#55ABE3

#55ABE3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.117 H 239.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55ABE3
RGB	rgb(85, 171, 227)
HSL	hsl(204, 72%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(204, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 24.7%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.98, -9.21, -35.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.98, 37.07, 255.62°)
OKLab	oklab(71.1% -0.0587 -0.1009)
OKLCH	oklch(71.1% 0.117 239.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.1691, 36.6000, 78.0273)
Luminance	0.3660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55ABE3 #E38D55

analogous

#55E3D4 #55ABE3 #5564E3

triadic

#55ABE3 #E355AB #ABE355

tetradic

#55ABE3 #D455E3 #E38D55 #64E355

square

#55ABE3 #D455E3 #E38D55 #64E355

split-complementary

#55ABE3 #E35564 #E3D455

monochromatic

#1B6DA3 #2390D7 #55ABE3 #8AC5EC #BEDFF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#55ABE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#55ABE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55ABE3

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55ABE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55ABE3	1.00	2.52	8.32	8.32
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91ABE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E9DE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55abe3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 171, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.117 239.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92c3ec',
    500: '#55abe3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55abe3;
$custom-light: #92c3ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55abe3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.662,
    "s": 71.717,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71101,
    "c": 0.11672,
    "h": 239.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55ABE3

secondary

#E5C4AF

accent

#5E12D4

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #55ABE3

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

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