#55AEE4#55AEE4

#55AEE4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.116 H 238.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55AEE4
RGB	rgb(85, 174, 228)
HSL	hsl(203, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(203, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 23.7%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.87, -10.53, -35.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.87, 36.61, 253.29°)
OKLab	oklab(71.83% -0.0615 -0.0984)
OKLCH	oklch(71.83% 0.116 238)
XYZ	xyz(32.8806, 37.8015, 78.9473)
Luminance	0.3780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55AEE4 #E48B55

analogous

#55E4D2 #55AEE4 #5567E4

triadic

#55AEE4 #E455AE #AEE455

tetradic

#55AEE4 #D255E4 #E48B55 #67E455

square

#55AEE4 #D255E4 #E48B55 #67E455

split-complementary

#55AEE4 #E45567 #E4D255

monochromatic

#1A70A4 #2394D9 #55AEE4 #8AC7EC #BFE0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#55AEE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#55AEE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55AEE4

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55AEE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55AEE4	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95ADE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#819FE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55aee4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 174, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.116 238.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92c6ec',
    500: '#55aee4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55aee4;
$custom-light: #92c6ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55aee4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.657,
    "s": 72.589,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71827,
    "c": 0.11603,
    "h": 238
  },
  "luminance": 0.37805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55AEE4

secondary

#E5C4B0

accent

#5B11D5

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #55AEE4

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

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