#55AECF#55AECF

#55AECF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.097 H 225.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55AECF
RGB	rgb(85, 174, 207)
HSL	hsl(196, 56%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(196, 59%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 15.9%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.06, -17.03, -24.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.06, 30.07, 235.50°)
OKLab	oklab(70.91% -0.0689 -0.069)
OKLCH	oklch(70.91% 0.097 225.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.1405, 36.7055, 64.5159)
Luminance	0.3671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55AECF #CF7655

analogous

#55CFB3 #55AECF #5571CF

triadic

#55AECF #CF55AE #AECF55

tetradic

#55AECF #B355CF #CF7655 #71CF55

square

#55AECF #B355CF #CF7655 #71CF55

split-complementary

#55AECF #CF5571 #CFB355

monochromatic

#256B84 #3391B4 #55AECF #85C5DC #B4DBEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#55AECF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.34

#55AECF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55AECF

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55AECF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55AECF	1.00	2.52	8.34	8.34
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CABD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A9ECF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55aecf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 174, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.097 225.1);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55aecf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.23,
    "s": 55.963,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70905,
    "c": 0.09749,
    "h": 225.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55AECF

secondary

#D9B5A7

accent

#7149DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #55AECF

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

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