#55ACE6#55ACE6

#55ACE6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.119 H 240.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55ACE6
RGB	rgb(85, 172, 230)
HSL	hsl(204, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(204, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 25.2%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.39, -8.80, -36.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.39, 37.95, 256.59°)
OKLab	oklab(71.47% -0.0588 -0.1038)
OKLCH	oklch(71.47% 0.119 240.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.7763, 37.1462, 80.2902)
Luminance	0.3715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55ACE6 #E68F55

analogous

#55E6D8 #55ACE6 #5564E6

triadic

#55ACE6 #E655AC #ACE655

tetradic

#55ACE6 #D855E6 #E68F55 #64E655

square

#55ACE6 #D855E6 #E68F55 #64E655

split-complementary

#55ACE6 #E65564 #E6D855

monochromatic

#196FA8 #2192DD #55ACE6 #8AC6EE #C0E0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#55ACE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#55ACE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55ACE6

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55ACE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55ACE6	1.00	2.49	8.43	8.43
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92ACE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E9EE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55ace6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 172, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.119 240.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92c4ee',
    500: '#55ace6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55ace6;
$custom-light: #92c4ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55ace6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204,
    "s": 74.359,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71468,
    "c": 0.11925,
    "h": 240.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55ACE6

secondary

#E6C6B1

accent

#5F0FD6

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #55ACE6

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

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