#55AECB#55AECB

#55AECB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.095 H 222.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55AECB
RGB	rgb(85, 174, 203)
HSL	hsl(195, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(195, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.1%, 14.3%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.91, -18.24, -22.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.91, 29.20, 231.34°)
OKLab	oklab(70.74% -0.0704 -0.0634)
OKLCH	oklch(70.74% 0.095 222)
XYZ	xyz(29.6576, 36.5123, 61.9730)
Luminance	0.3651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55AECB #CB7255

analogous

#55CBAD #55AECB #5573CB

triadic

#55AECB #CB55AE #AECB55

tetradic

#55AECB #AD55CB #CB7255 #73CB55

square

#55AECB #AD55CB #CB7255 #73CB55

split-complementary

#55AECB #CB5573 #CBAD55

monochromatic

#27697F #3590AE #55AECB #84C4D9 #B3DBE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#55AECB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#55AECB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55AECB

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55AECB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55AECB	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DAACD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C9DCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55aecb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 174, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.095 222.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc6db',
    500: '#55aecb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55aecb;
$custom-light: #8fc6db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55aecb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.746,
    "s": 53.153,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7074,
    "c": 0.09471,
    "h": 222
  },
  "luminance": 0.36515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55AECB

secondary

#D6B2A6

accent

#6F4BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FA

border

#CCD1D3

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #55AECB

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

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