#55AEC0#55AEC0

#55AEC0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.089 H 212.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55AEC0
RGB	rgb(85, 174, 192)
HSL	hsl(190, 46%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(190, 56%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.7%, 9.4%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.52, -21.47, -17.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.52, 27.57, 218.86°)
OKLab	oklab(70.3% -0.0747 -0.0479)
OKLCH	oklch(70.3% 0.089 212.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.3930, 36.0065, 55.3126)
Luminance	0.3601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55AEC0 #C06755

analogous

#55C09C #55AEC0 #5579C0

triadic

#55AEC0 #C055AE #AEC055

tetradic

#55AEC0 #9C55C0 #C06755 #79C055

square

#55AEC0 #9C55C0 #C06755 #79C055

split-complementary

#55AEC0 #C05579 #C09C55

monochromatic

#2A6571 #3A8D9D #55AEC0 #82C3D1 #AED9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#55AEC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#55AEC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55AEC0

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55AEC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55AEC0	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A9C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#909DC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55aec0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 174, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.089 212.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec6d3',
    500: '#55aec0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55aec0;
$custom-light: #8ec6d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55aec0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.093,
    "s": 45.923,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70305,
    "c": 0.08873,
    "h": 212.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55AEC0

secondary

#CFA9A2

accent

#6852D6

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #55AEC0

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

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