#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
RGBrgb(85, 174, 224)
HSLhsl(202, 69%, 61%)
HSVhsv(202, 62%, 88%)
CMYKcmyk(62.1%, 22.3%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LABlab(67.71, -11.79, -33.13)
CIE-LCHlch(67.71, 35.16, 250.41°)
OKLaboklab(71.64% -0.0628 -0.0928)
OKLCHoklch(71.64% 0.112 235.9)
XYZxyz(32.3318, 37.5820, 76.0567)
Luminance0.3759 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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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
##55AEE01.002.478.528.52
#FFFFFF2.471.0021.0021.00
#0000008.5221.001.001.00
##0000008.5221.001.001.00

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

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#55AEE0 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva