#55AEE6#55AEE6

#55AEE6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.118 H 239.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#55AEE6
RGBrgb(85, 174, 230)
HSLhsl(203, 74%, 62%)
HSVhsv(203, 63%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(63%, 24.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LABlab(67.96, -9.89, -36.03)
CIE-LCHlch(67.96, 37.37, 254.65°)
OKLaboklab(71.92% -0.0608 -0.1012)
OKLCHoklch(71.92% 0.118 239)
XYZxyz(33.1598, 37.9132, 80.4180)
Luminance0.3792 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#55AEE6 #E68D55
analogous
#55E6D5 #55AEE6 #5566E6
triadic
#55AEE6 #E655AE #AEE655
tetradic
#55AEE6 #D555E6 #E68D55 #66E655
square
#55AEE6 #D555E6 #E68D55 #66E655
split-complementary
#55AEE6 #E65566 #E6D555
monochromatic
#1971A8 #2194DD #55AEE6 #8AC7EE #C0E1F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45
#55AEE6 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58
#55AEE6 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55AEE6
8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##55AEE6#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##55AEE61.002.458.588.58
#FFFFFF2.451.0021.0021.00
#0000008.5821.001.001.00
##0000008.5821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#94AEE9
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#809FE5
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00BCC1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #55aee6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 174, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.118 239.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92c6ee',
    500: '#55aee6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #55aee6;
$custom-light: #92c6ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#55aee6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.172,
    "s": 74.359,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7192,
    "c": 0.11807,
    "h": 239
  },
  "luminance": 0.37917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#55AEE6
secondary
#E6C5B1
accent
#5C0FD6
background
#F9FCFE
surface
#F2F8FD
border
#CCD1D5
text
#0E1316
muted
#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #55AEE6

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#55AEE6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva