#55ACE7#55ACE7

#55ACE7 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.120 H 240.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55ACE7
RGB	rgb(85, 172, 231)
HSL	hsl(204, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(204, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 25.5%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.43, -8.48, -37.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.43, 38.35, 257.23°)
OKLab	oklab(71.52% -0.0584 -0.1052)
OKLCH	oklch(71.52% 0.12 240.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.9172, 37.2026, 81.0319)
Luminance	0.3721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#55ACE7 #E79055

analogous

#55E7D9 #55ACE7 #5563E7

triadic

#55ACE7 #E755AC #ACE755

tetradic

#55ACE7 #D955E7 #E79055 #63E755

square

#55ACE7 #D955E7 #E79055 #63E755

split-complementary

#55ACE7 #E75563 #E7D955

monochromatic

#186FAA #2092DF #55ACE7 #8BC6EF #C0E0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#55ACE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#55ACE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55ACE7

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55ACE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55ACE7	1.00	2.49	8.44	8.44
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91ACEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D9EE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55ace7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 172, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.120 240.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92c4ef',
    500: '#55ace7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55ace7;
$custom-light: #92c4ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55ace7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.247,
    "s": 75.258,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71515,
    "c": 0.12031,
    "h": 240.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55ACE7

secondary

#E7C7B1

accent

#5F0ED7

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #55ACE7

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

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