#55AFE0#55AFE0

#55AFE0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.112 H 235.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55AFE0
RGB	rgb(85, 175, 224)
HSL	hsl(201, 69%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(201, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 21.9%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.00, -12.33, -32.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.00, 34.93, 249.33°)
OKLab	oklab(71.87% -0.0638 -0.0916)
OKLCH	oklch(71.87% 0.112 235.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.5257, 37.9698, 76.1213)
Luminance	0.3797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55AFE0 #E08655

analogous

#55E0CB #55AFE0 #5569E0

triadic

#55AFE0 #E055AF #AFE055

tetradic

#55AFE0 #CB55E0 #E08655 #69E055

square

#55AFE0 #CB55E0 #E08655 #69E055

split-complementary

#55AFE0 #E05569 #E0CB55

monochromatic

#1D709E #2695D2 #55AFE0 #89C7E9 #BDE0F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#55AFE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#55AFE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55AFE0

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55AFE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55AFE0	1.00	2.44	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98AEE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#849FDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55afe0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 175, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.112 235.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c6ea',
    500: '#55afe0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55afe0;
$custom-light: #91c6ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55afe0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.151,
    "s": 69.154,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71872,
    "c": 0.11162,
    "h": 235.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55AFE0

secondary

#E3C1AE

accent

#5714D1

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #55AFE0

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

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