#55ACE1#55ACE1

#55ACE1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.114 H 238.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55ACE1
RGB	rgb(85, 172, 225)
HSL	hsl(203, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(203, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.2%, 23.6%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.18, -10.39, -34.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.18, 36.03, 253.24°)
OKLab	oklab(71.24% -0.0604 -0.0968)
OKLCH	oklch(71.24% 0.114 238)
XYZ	xyz(32.0843, 36.8694, 76.6452)
Luminance	0.3687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55ACE1 #E18A55

analogous

#55E1D0 #55ACE1 #5566E1

triadic

#55ACE1 #E155AC #ACE155

tetradic

#55ACE1 #D055E1 #E18A55 #66E155

square

#55ACE1 #D055E1 #E18A55 #66E155

split-complementary

#55ACE1 #E15566 #E1D055

monochromatic

#1C6E9F #2592D3 #55ACE1 #89C5EA #BDDFF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#55ACE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#55ACE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55ACE1

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55ACE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55ACE1	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)

#93ABE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#809DE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55ace1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 172, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.114 238.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c4ea',
    500: '#55ace1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55ace1;
$custom-light: #91c4ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55ace1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.714,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71235,
    "c": 0.11409,
    "h": 238
  },
  "luminance": 0.36873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55ACE1

secondary

#E3C2AE

accent

#5C14D2

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #55ACE1

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

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