#55ACE0#55ACE0

#55ACE0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.113 H 237.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55ACE0
RGB	rgb(85, 172, 224)
HSL	hsl(202, 69%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(202, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 23.2%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.14, -10.71, -34.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.14, 35.66, 252.53°)
OKLab	oklab(71.19% -0.0607 -0.0954)
OKLCH	oklch(71.19% 0.113 237.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.9482, 36.8150, 75.9289)
Luminance	0.3682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55ACE0 #E08955

analogous

#55E0CE #55ACE0 #5566E0

triadic

#55ACE0 #E055AC #ACE055

tetradic

#55ACE0 #CE55E0 #E08955 #66E055

square

#55ACE0 #CE55E0 #E08955 #66E055

split-complementary

#55ACE0 #E05566 #E0CE55

monochromatic

#1D6E9E #2691D2 #55ACE0 #89C5E9 #BDDFF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#55ACE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#55ACE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55ACE0

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55ACE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55ACE0	1.00	2.51	8.36	8.36
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94ABE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#819DDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55ace0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 172, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.113 237.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c4ea',
    500: '#55ace0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55ace0;
$custom-light: #91c4ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55ace0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.446,
    "s": 69.154,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71189,
    "c": 0.11309,
    "h": 237.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55ACE0

secondary

#E3C2AE

accent

#5B14D1

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #55ACE0

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

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