#55ABE5#55ABE5

#55ABE5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.119 H 240.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55ABE5
RGB	rgb(85, 171, 229)
HSL	hsl(204, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(204, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 25.3%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.06, -8.57, -36.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.06, 37.86, 256.92°)
OKLab	oklab(71.19% -0.058 -0.1037)
OKLCH	oklch(71.19% 0.119 240.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.4467, 36.7110, 79.4895)
Luminance	0.3671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55ABE5 #E58F55

analogous

#55E5D7 #55ABE5 #5563E5

triadic

#55ABE5 #E555AB #ABE555

tetradic

#55ABE5 #D755E5 #E58F55 #63E555

square

#55ABE5 #D755E5 #E58F55 #63E555

split-complementary

#55ABE5 #E55563 #E5D755

monochromatic

#196DA6 #2290DB #55ABE5 #8AC5ED #BFDFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#55ABE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.34

#55ABE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55ABE5

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55ABE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55ABE5	1.00	2.52	8.34	8.34
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91ABE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D9DE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55abe5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 171, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.119 240.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92c3ed',
    500: '#55abe5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55abe5;
$custom-light: #92c3ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55abe5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.167,
    "s": 73.469,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71195,
    "c": 0.11881,
    "h": 240.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55ABE5

secondary

#E6C6B0

accent

#6010D6

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #55ABE5

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

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