#55ABE7#55ABE7

#55ABE7 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.121 H 241.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55ABE7
RGB	rgb(85, 171, 231)
HSL	hsl(205, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(205, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 26%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.14, -7.93, -37.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.14, 38.67, 258.17°)
OKLab	oklab(71.29% -0.0574 -0.1064)
OKLCH	oklch(71.29% 0.121 241.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.7276, 36.8234, 80.9687)
Luminance	0.3683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55ABE7 #E79155

analogous

#55E7DA #55ABE7 #5562E7

triadic

#55ABE7 #E755AB #ABE755

tetradic

#55ABE7 #DA55E7 #E79155 #62E755

square

#55ABE7 #DA55E7 #E79155 #62E755

split-complementary

#55ABE7 #E75562 #E7DA55

monochromatic

#186EAA #2090DF #55ABE7 #8BC5EF #C0E0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#55ABE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#55ABE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55ABE7

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55ABE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55ABE7	1.00	2.51	8.37	8.37
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90ACEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C9DE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55abe7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 171, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.121 241.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92c3ef',
    500: '#55abe7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55abe7;
$custom-light: #92c3ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55abe7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.658,
    "s": 75.258,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7129,
    "c": 0.12095,
    "h": 241.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55ABE7

secondary

#E7C7B1

accent

#610ED7

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #55ABE7

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

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