#55AECE#55AECE

#55AECE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.097 H 224.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55AECE
RGB	rgb(85, 174, 206)
HSL	hsl(196, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(196, 59%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 15.5%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.02, -17.34, -24.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.02, 29.84, 234.48°)
OKLab	oklab(70.86% -0.0693 -0.0676)
OKLCH	oklch(70.86% 0.097 224.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.0186, 36.6567, 63.8740)
Luminance	0.3666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55AECE #CE7555

analogous

#55CEB2 #55AECE #5572CE

triadic

#55AECE #CE55AE #AECE55

tetradic

#55AECE #B255CE #CE7555 #72CE55

square

#55AECE #B255CE #CE7555 #72CE55

split-complementary

#55AECE #CE5572 #CEB255

monochromatic

#266A83 #3391B2 #55AECE #85C5DC #B4DBE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#55AECE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#55AECE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55AECE

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55AECE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55AECE	1.00	2.52	8.33	8.33
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CAAD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B9DCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55aece;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 174, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.097 224.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc6dd',
    500: '#55aece',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55aece;
$custom-light: #8fc6dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55aece",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.868,
    "s": 55.251,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70864,
    "c": 0.09677,
    "h": 224.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55AECE

secondary

#D8B4A7

accent

#7149DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #55AECE

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

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