#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
RGB	rgb(85, 174, 230)
HSL	hsl(203, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(203, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 24.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.96, -9.89, -36.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.96, 37.37, 254.65°)
OKLab	oklab(71.92% -0.0608 -0.1012)
OKLCH	oklch(71.92% 0.118 239)
XYZ	xyz(33.1598, 37.9132, 80.4180)
Luminance	0.3792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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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
##55AEE6	1.00	2.45	8.58	8.58
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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