#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
RGBrgb(85, 172, 230)
HSLhsl(204, 74%, 62%)
HSVhsv(204, 63%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(63%, 25.2%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LABlab(67.39, -8.80, -36.92)
CIE-LCHlch(67.39, 37.95, 256.59°)
OKLaboklab(71.47% -0.0588 -0.1038)
OKLCHoklch(71.47% 0.119 240.5)
XYZxyz(32.7763, 37.1462, 80.2902)
Luminance0.3715 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

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
##55ACE61.002.498.438.43
#FFFFFF2.491.0021.0021.00
#0000008.4321.001.001.00
##0000008.4321.001.001.00

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

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#55ACE6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva