#55AECD#55AECD

#55AECD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.096 H 223.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55AECD
RGB	rgb(85, 174, 205)
HSL	hsl(196, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(196, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 15.1%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.98, -17.64, -23.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.98, 29.62, 233.45°)
OKLab	oklab(70.82% -0.0696 -0.0662)
OKLCH	oklch(70.82% 0.096 223.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.8975, 36.6083, 63.2363)
Luminance	0.3661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55AECD #CD7455

analogous

#55CDB0 #55AECD #5572CD

triadic

#55AECD #CD55AE #AECD55

tetradic

#55AECD #B055CD #CD7455 #72CD55

square

#55AECD #B055CD #CD7455 #72CD55

split-complementary

#55AECD #CD5572 #CDB055

monochromatic

#266A82 #3491B1 #55AECD #84C5DB #B4DBE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#55AECD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#55AECD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55AECD

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55AECD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55AECD	1.00	2.52	8.32	8.32
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CAACF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B9DCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55aecd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 174, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.096 223.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc6dc',
    500: '#55aecd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55aecd;
$custom-light: #8fc6dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55aecd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.5,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70822,
    "c": 0.09606,
    "h": 223.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55AECD

secondary

#D7B3A6

accent

#704ADE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #55AECD

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

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