#55ACE3#55ACE3

#55ACE3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.116 H 239.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55ACE3
RGB	rgb(85, 172, 227)
HSL	hsl(203, 72%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(203, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 24.2%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.26, -9.76, -35.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.26, 36.79, 254.62°)
OKLab	oklab(71.33% -0.0597 -0.0996)
OKLCH	oklch(71.33% 0.116 239)
XYZ	xyz(32.3587, 36.9792, 78.0905)
Luminance	0.3698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55ACE3 #E38C55

analogous

#55E3D3 #55ACE3 #5565E3

triadic

#55ACE3 #E355AC #ACE355

tetradic

#55ACE3 #D355E3 #E38C55 #65E355

square

#55ACE3 #D355E3 #E38C55 #65E355

split-complementary

#55ACE3 #E35565 #E3D355

monochromatic

#1B6EA3 #2392D7 #55ACE3 #8AC6EC #BEDFF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#55ACE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#55ACE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55ACE3

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55ACE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55ACE3	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93ACE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F9DE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BABF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55ace3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 172, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.116 239.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92c4ec',
    500: '#55ace3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55ace3;
$custom-light: #92c4ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55ace3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.239,
    "s": 71.717,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71328,
    "c": 0.11613,
    "h": 239
  },
  "luminance": 0.36982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55ACE3

secondary

#E5C4AF

accent

#5D12D4

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #55ACE3

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

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