#55AFE6#55AFE6

#55AFE6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.117 H 238.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55AFE6
RGB	rgb(85, 175, 230)
HSL	hsl(203, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(203, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 23.9%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.24, -10.44, -35.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.24, 37.09, 253.65°)
OKLab	oklab(72.15% -0.0618 -0.0999)
OKLCH	oklch(72.15% 0.118 238.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.3538, 38.3010, 80.4826)
Luminance	0.3830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55AFE6 #E68C55

analogous

#55E6D5 #55AFE6 #5567E6

triadic

#55AFE6 #E655AF #AFE655

tetradic

#55AFE6 #D555E6 #E68C55 #67E655

square

#55AFE6 #D555E6 #E68C55 #67E655

split-complementary

#55AFE6 #E65567 #E6D555

monochromatic

#1972A8 #2196DD #55AFE6 #8AC8EE #C0E1F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#55AFE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#55AFE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55AFE6

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55AFE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55AFE6	1.00	2.42	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96AFE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82A0E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55afe6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 175, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.117 238.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92c6ee',
    500: '#55afe6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55afe6;
$custom-light: #92c6ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55afe6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.759,
    "s": 74.359,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72146,
    "c": 0.1175,
    "h": 238.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55AFE6

secondary

#E6C5B1

accent

#5B0FD6

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #55AFE6

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

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