#55ABE4#55ABE4

#55ABE4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.118 H 240.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55ABE4
RGB	rgb(85, 171, 228)
HSL	hsl(204, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(204, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 25%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.02, -8.89, -36.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.02, 37.47, 256.28°)
OKLab	oklab(71.15% -0.0584 -0.1023)
OKLCH	oklch(71.15% 0.118 240.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.3075, 36.6553, 78.7563)
Luminance	0.3666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55ABE4 #E48E55

analogous

#55E4D6 #55ABE4 #5564E4

triadic

#55ABE4 #E455AB #ABE455

tetradic

#55ABE4 #D655E4 #E48E55 #64E455

square

#55ABE4 #D655E4 #E48E55 #64E455

split-complementary

#55ABE4 #E45564 #E4D655

monochromatic

#1A6DA4 #2390D9 #55ABE4 #8AC5EC #BFDFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#55ABE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#55ABE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55ABE4

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55ABE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55ABE4	1.00	2.52	8.33	8.33
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91ABE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E9DE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55abe4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 171, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.118 240.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92c3ec',
    500: '#55abe4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55abe4;
$custom-light: #92c3ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55abe4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.916,
    "s": 72.589,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71148,
    "c": 0.11775,
    "h": 240.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55ABE4

secondary

#E5C5B0

accent

#5F11D5

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #55ABE4

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

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