#55AFCC#55AFCC

#55AFCC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.095 H 221.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55AFCC
RGB	rgb(85, 175, 204)
HSL	hsl(195, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(195, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.3%, 14.2%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.24, -18.46, -22.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.24, 29.38, 231.06°)
OKLab	oklab(71.02% -0.0711 -0.0635)
OKLCH	oklch(71.02% 0.095 221.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.9711, 36.9480, 62.6672)
Luminance	0.3695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55AFCC #CC7255

analogous

#55CCAE #55AFCC #5574CC

triadic

#55AFCC #CC55AF #AFCC55

tetradic

#55AFCC #AE55CC #CC7255 #74CC55

square

#55AFCC #AE55CC #CC7255 #74CC55

split-complementary

#55AFCC #CC5574 #CCAE55

monochromatic

#266A80 #3591AF #55AFCC #84C5DA #B3DBE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#55AFCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#55AFCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55AFCC

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55AFCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55AFCC	1.00	2.50	8.39	8.39
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EABCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D9ECC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55afcc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 175, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.095 221.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc7db',
    500: '#55afcc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55afcc;
$custom-light: #8fc7db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55afcc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.622,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71015,
    "c": 0.09533,
    "h": 221.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55AFCC

secondary

#D7B2A6

accent

#6E4BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #55AFCC

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

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