#55AEE0#55AEE0

#55AEE0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.112 H 235.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55AEE0
RGB	rgb(85, 174, 224)
HSL	hsl(202, 69%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(202, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 22.3%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.71, -11.79, -33.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.71, 35.16, 250.41°)
OKLab	oklab(71.64% -0.0628 -0.0928)
OKLCH	oklch(71.64% 0.112 235.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.3318, 37.5820, 76.0567)
Luminance	0.3759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55AEE0 #E08755

analogous

#55E0CD #55AEE0 #5568E0

triadic

#55AEE0 #E055AE #AEE055

tetradic

#55AEE0 #CD55E0 #E08755 #68E055

square

#55AEE0 #CD55E0 #E08755 #68E055

split-complementary

#55AEE0 #E05568 #E0CD55

monochromatic

#1D6F9E #2694D2 #55AEE0 #89C7E9 #BDDFF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#55AEE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#55AEE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55AEE0

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55AEE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55AEE0	1.00	2.47	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96ADE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#839FDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55aee0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 174, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.112 235.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c6ea',
    500: '#55aee0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55aee0;
$custom-light: #91c6ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55aee0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.583,
    "s": 69.154,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71644,
    "c": 0.11208,
    "h": 235.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55AEE0

secondary

#E3C1AE

accent

#5814D1

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #55AEE0

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

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