#55AFCE#55AFCE

#55AFCE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.097 H 223.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55AFCE
RGB	rgb(85, 175, 206)
HSL	hsl(195, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(195, 59%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 15%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.31, -17.86, -23.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.31, 29.79, 233.16°)
OKLab	oklab(71.1% -0.0703 -0.0663)
OKLCH	oklch(71.1% 0.097 223.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.2125, 37.0445, 63.9387)
Luminance	0.3705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55AFCE #CE7455

analogous

#55CEB1 #55AFCE #5573CE

triadic

#55AFCE #CE55AF #AFCE55

tetradic

#55AFCE #B155CE #CE7455 #73CE55

square

#55AFCE #B155CE #CE7455 #73CE55

split-complementary

#55AFCE #CE5573 #CEB155

monochromatic

#266B83 #3392B2 #55AFCE #85C5DC #B4DCE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#55AFCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#55AFCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55AFCE

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55AFCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55AFCE	1.00	2.50	8.41	8.41
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DABD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C9ECE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55afce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 175, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.097 223.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc7dd',
    500: '#55afce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55afce;
$custom-light: #8fc7dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55afce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.372,
    "s": 55.251,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71097,
    "c": 0.09667,
    "h": 223.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55AFCE

secondary

#D8B3A7

accent

#6F49DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #55AFCE

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

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