#55A0E2#55A0E2

#55A0E2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.123 H 247.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A0E2
RGB	rgb(85, 160, 226)
HSL	hsl(208, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(208, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 29.2%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.80, -3.40, -40.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.80, 40.46, 265.18°)
OKLab	oklab(68.58% -0.0476 -0.1137)
OKLCH	oklch(68.58% 0.123 247.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.0395, 32.5610, 76.6386)
Luminance	0.3256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A0E2 #E29755

analogous

#55E2DD #55A0E2 #5559E2

triadic

#55A0E2 #E255A0 #A0E255

tetradic

#55A0E2 #DD55E2 #E29755 #59E255

square

#55A0E2 #DD55E2 #E29755 #59E255

split-complementary

#55A0E2 #E25559 #E2DD55

monochromatic

#1B63A1 #2483D5 #55A0E2 #89BDEB #BEDAF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#55A0E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.51

#55A0E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55A0E2

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A0E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A0E2	1.00	2.80	7.51	7.51
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83A2E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7094E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a0e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 160, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.123 247.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91bbeb',
    500: '#55a0e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a0e2;
$custom-light: #91bbeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a0e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.085,
    "s": 70.854,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68581,
    "c": 0.12326,
    "h": 247.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A0E2

secondary

#E4C8AF

accent

#6D13D3

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A0E2

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

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