#55ABE6#55ABE6

#55ABE6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.120 H 241.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55ABE6
RGB	rgb(85, 171, 230)
HSL	hsl(204, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(204, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 25.7%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.10, -8.25, -37.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.10, 38.26, 257.55°)
OKLab	oklab(71.24% -0.0577 -0.1051)
OKLCH	oklch(71.24% 0.12 241.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.5867, 36.7670, 80.2270)
Luminance	0.3677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55ABE6 #E69055

analogous

#55E6D9 #55ABE6 #5563E6

triadic

#55ABE6 #E655AB #ABE655

tetradic

#55ABE6 #D955E6 #E69055 #63E655

square

#55ABE6 #D955E6 #E69055 #63E655

split-complementary

#55ABE6 #E65563 #E6D955

monochromatic

#196EA8 #2190DD #55ABE6 #8AC5EE #C0E0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#55ABE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#55ABE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55ABE6

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55ABE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55ABE6	1.00	2.51	8.35	8.35
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90ABE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D9DE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BABF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55abe6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 171, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.120 241.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92c3ee',
    500: '#55abe6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55abe6;
$custom-light: #92c3ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55abe6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.414,
    "s": 74.359,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71243,
    "c": 0.11988,
    "h": 241.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55ABE6

secondary

#E6C6B1

accent

#600FD6

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #55ABE6

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

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