#55ACE8#55ACE8

#55ACE8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.121 H 241.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55ACE8
RGB	rgb(85, 172, 232)
HSL	hsl(204, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(204, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 25.9%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.47, -8.16, -37.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.47, 38.75, 257.85°)
OKLab	oklab(71.56% -0.0581 -0.1065)
OKLCH	oklch(71.56% 0.121 241.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.0588, 37.2592, 81.7778)
Luminance	0.3726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#55ACE8 #E89155

analogous

#55E8DB #55ACE8 #5562E8

triadic

#55ACE8 #E855AC #ACE855

tetradic

#55ACE8 #DB55E8 #E89155 #62E855

square

#55ACE8 #DB55E8 #E89155 #62E855

split-complementary

#55ACE8 #E85562 #E8DB55

monochromatic

#176FAB #1F92E1 #55ACE8 #8BC6EF #C1E1F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#55ACE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#55ACE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55ACE8

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55ACE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55ACE8	1.00	2.48	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91ACEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D9EE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55ace8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 172, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.121 241.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92c4ef',
    500: '#55ace8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55ace8;
$custom-light: #92c4ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55ace8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.49,
    "s": 76.166,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71563,
    "c": 0.12137,
    "h": 241.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55ACE8

secondary

#E7C7B1

accent

#600DD8

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #55ACE8

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

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