#55AEEA#55AEEA

#55AEEA is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.122 H 240.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55AEEA
RGB	rgb(85, 174, 234)
HSL	hsl(204, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(204, 64%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 25.6%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.12, -8.62, -37.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.12, 38.92, 257.21°)
OKLab	oklab(72.11% -0.0595 -0.1068)
OKLCH	oklch(72.11% 0.122 240.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.7280, 38.1405, 83.4103)
Luminance	0.3814 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55AEEA #EA9155

analogous

#55EADB #55AEEA #5564EA

triadic

#55AEEA #EA55AE #AEEA55

tetradic

#55AEEA #DB55EA #EA9155 #64EA55

square

#55AEEA #DB55EA #EA9155 #64EA55

split-complementary

#55AEEA #EA5564 #EADB55

monochromatic

#1671AF #1F94E3 #55AEEA #8BC8F1 #C2E2F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#55AEEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#55AEEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55AEEA

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55AEEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55AEEA	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93AEED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E9FE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55aeea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 174, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.122 240.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92c6f1',
    500: '#55aeea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55aeea;
$custom-light: #92c6f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55aeea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.161,
    "s": 78.01,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72108,
    "c": 0.12224,
    "h": 240.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55AEEA

secondary

#E8C8B2

accent

#5F0BDA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #55AEEA

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

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