#55AECC#55AECC

#55AECC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.095 H 222.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55AECC
RGB	rgb(85, 174, 204)
HSL	hsl(195, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(195, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.3%, 14.7%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.95, -17.94, -23.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.95, 29.40, 232.40°)
OKLab	oklab(70.78% -0.07 -0.0648)
OKLCH	oklch(70.78% 0.095 222.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.7772, 36.5602, 62.6026)
Luminance	0.3656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55AECC #CC7355

analogous

#55CCAF #55AECC #5573CC

triadic

#55AECC #CC55AE #AECC55

tetradic

#55AECC #AF55CC #CC7355 #73CC55

square

#55AECC #AF55CC #CC7355 #73CC55

split-complementary

#55AECC #CC5573 #CCAF55

monochromatic

#266A80 #3590AF #55AECC #84C4DA #B3DBE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#55AECC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#55AECC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55AECC

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55AECC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55AECC	1.00	2.53	8.31	8.31
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DAACE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B9DCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55aecc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 174, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.095 222.8);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55aecc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.126,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70781,
    "c": 0.09538,
    "h": 222.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55AECC

secondary

#D7B2A6

accent

#704BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #55AECC

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

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