#55AEFF#55AEFF

#55AEFF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.146 H 248.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55AEFF
RGB	rgb(85, 174, 255)
HSL	hsl(209, 100%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(209, 67%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 31.8%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.05, -1.77, -47.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.05, 47.96, 267.88°)
OKLab	oklab(73.15% -0.0533 -0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(73.15% 0.146 248.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.9256, 39.4195, 100.2511)
Luminance	0.3942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55AEFF #FFA655

analogous

#55FFFB #55AEFF #5559FF

triadic

#55AEFF #FF55AE #AEFF55

tetradic

#55AEFF #FB55FF #FFA655 #59FF55

square

#55AEFF #FB55FF #FFA655 #59FF55

split-complementary

#55AEFF #FF5559 #FFFB55

monochromatic

#0072DA #1891FF #55AEFF #92CBFF #CFE8FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#55AEFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#55AEFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55AEFF

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55AEFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55AEFF	1.00	2.36	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AB2FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#72A1FD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55aeff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 174, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.146 248.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95c5ff',
    500: '#55aeff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55aeff;
$custom-light: #95c5ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55aeff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.588,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73147,
    "c": 0.14578,
    "h": 248.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55AEFF

secondary

#F3D7BD

accent

#6D00E6

background

#F9FCFF

surface

#F2F8FF

border

#CCD1D7

text

#0F1218

muted

#7E8186

Preview Lab

Preview with #55AEFF

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

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