#55ACE5#55ACE5

#55ACE5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.118 H 240.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55ACE5
RGB	rgb(85, 172, 229)
HSL	hsl(204, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(204, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 24.9%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.34, -9.12, -36.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.34, 37.56, 255.95°)
OKLab	oklab(71.42% -0.0591 -0.1024)
OKLCH	oklch(71.42% 0.118 240)
XYZ	xyz(32.6363, 37.0902, 79.5527)
Luminance	0.3709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#55ACE5 #E58E55

analogous

#55E5D6 #55ACE5 #5564E5

triadic

#55ACE5 #E555AC #ACE555

tetradic

#55ACE5 #D655E5 #E58E55 #64E555

square

#55ACE5 #D655E5 #E58E55 #64E555

split-complementary

#55ACE5 #E55564 #E5D655

monochromatic

#196EA6 #2292DB #55ACE5 #8AC6ED #BFE0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#55ACE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#55ACE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55ACE5

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55ACE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55ACE5	1.00	2.49	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92ACE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E9EE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BABF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55ace5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 172, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.118 240.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92c4ed',
    500: '#55ace5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55ace5;
$custom-light: #92c4ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55ace5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.75,
    "s": 73.469,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71421,
    "c": 0.1182,
    "h": 240
  },
  "luminance": 0.37093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55ACE5

secondary

#E6C5B0

accent

#5E10D6

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #55ACE5

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

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