#55AEE1#55AEE1

#55AEE1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.113 H 236.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55AEE1
RGB	rgb(85, 174, 225)
HSL	hsl(202, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(202, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.2%, 22.7%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.75, -11.48, -33.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.75, 35.52, 251.15°)
OKLab	oklab(71.69% -0.0625 -0.0942)
OKLCH	oklch(71.69% 0.113 236.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.4678, 37.6364, 76.7731)
Luminance	0.3764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55AEE1 #E18855

analogous

#55E1CE #55AEE1 #5568E1

triadic

#55AEE1 #E155AE #AEE155

tetradic

#55AEE1 #CE55E1 #E18855 #68E155

square

#55AEE1 #CE55E1 #E18855 #68E155

split-complementary

#55AEE1 #E15568 #E1CE55

monochromatic

#1C709F #2594D3 #55AEE1 #89C7EA #BDE0F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#55AEE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#55AEE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55AEE1

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55AEE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55AEE1	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96ADE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#839FE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55aee1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 174, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.113 236.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c6ea',
    500: '#55aee1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55aee1;
$custom-light: #91c6ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55aee1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.857,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7169,
    "c": 0.11306,
    "h": 236.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55AEE1

secondary

#E3C2AE

accent

#5914D2

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #55AEE1

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

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