#55AFE4#55AFE4

#55AFE4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.116 H 237.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55AFE4
RGB	rgb(85, 175, 228)
HSL	hsl(202, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(202, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 23.2%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.16, -11.07, -34.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.16, 36.35, 252.27°)
OKLab	oklab(72.05% -0.0625 -0.0971)
OKLCH	oklch(72.05% 0.116 237.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.0745, 38.1893, 79.0120)
Luminance	0.3819 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55AFE4 #E48A55

analogous

#55E4D2 #55AFE4 #5568E4

triadic

#55AFE4 #E455AF #AFE455

tetradic

#55AFE4 #D255E4 #E48A55 #68E455

square

#55AFE4 #D255E4 #E48A55 #68E455

split-complementary

#55AFE4 #E45568 #E4D255

monochromatic

#1A71A4 #2396D9 #55AFE4 #8AC8EC #BFE1F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#55AFE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#55AFE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55AFE4

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55AFE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55AFE4	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96AEE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83A0E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55afe4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 175, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.116 237.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92c6ec',
    500: '#55afe4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55afe4;
$custom-light: #92c6ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55afe4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.238,
    "s": 72.589,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72054,
    "c": 0.1155,
    "h": 237.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55AFE4

secondary

#E5C3B0

accent

#5911D5

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #55AFE4

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

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