#55ACEE#55ACEE

#55ACEE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.128 H 243.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55ACEE
RGB	rgb(85, 172, 238)
HSL	hsl(206, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(206, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.3%, 27.7%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.73, -6.22, -40.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.73, 41.23, 261.32°)
OKLab	oklab(71.85% -0.0563 -0.1149)
OKLCH	oklch(71.85% 0.128 243.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.9256, 37.6059, 86.3431)
Luminance	0.3761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55ACEE #EE9755

analogous

#55EEE3 #55ACEE #555FEE

triadic

#55ACEE #EE55AC #ACEE55

tetradic

#55ACEE #E355EE #EE9755 #5FEE55

square

#55ACEE #E355EE #EE9755 #5FEE55

split-complementary

#55ACEE #EE555F #EEE355

monochromatic

#1270B6 #1D91E8 #55ACEE #8DC7F4 #C4E2F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#55ACEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#55ACEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55ACEE

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55ACEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55ACEE	1.00	2.46	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FADF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A9EED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55acee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 172, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.128 243.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93c4f4',
    500: '#55acee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55acee;
$custom-light: #93c4f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55acee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.882,
    "s": 81.818,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71852,
    "c": 0.12792,
    "h": 243.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55ACEE

secondary

#EBCCB4

accent

#6407DE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1217

muted

#7E8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #55ACEE

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

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