#55A0E4#55A0E4

#55A0E4 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.126 H 248.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A0E4
RGB	rgb(85, 160, 228)
HSL	hsl(209, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(209, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 29.8%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.89, -2.75, -41.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.89, 41.37, 266.19°)
OKLab	oklab(68.68% -0.047 -0.1165)
OKLCH	oklch(68.68% 0.126 248)
XYZ	xyz(30.3155, 32.6714, 78.0923)
Luminance	0.3267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A0E4 #E49955

analogous

#55E4E0 #55A0E4 #5559E4

triadic

#55A0E4 #E455A0 #A0E455

tetradic

#55A0E4 #E055E4 #E49955 #59E455

square

#55A0E4 #E055E4 #E49955 #59E455

split-complementary

#55A0E4 #E45559 #E4E055

monochromatic

#1A63A4 #2382D9 #55A0E4 #8ABEEC #BFDBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#55A0E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.53

#55A0E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55A0E4

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A0E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A0E4	1.00	2.79	7.53	7.53
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82A3E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F95E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a0e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 160, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.126 248.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91bbed',
    500: '#55a0e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a0e4;
$custom-light: #91bbed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a0e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.531,
    "s": 72.589,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68682,
    "c": 0.12562,
    "h": 248
  },
  "luminance": 0.32674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A0E4

secondary

#E5C9B0

accent

#6E11D5

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A0E4

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

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