#55A0E5#55A0E5

#55A0E5 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.127 H 248.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#55A0E5
RGBrgb(85, 160, 229)
HSLhsl(209, 73%, 62%)
HSVhsv(209, 63%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(62.9%, 30.1%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LABlab(63.94, -2.42, -41.76)
CIE-LCHlch(63.94, 41.83, 266.68°)
OKLaboklab(68.73% -0.0467 -0.1179)
OKLCHoklch(68.73% 0.127 248.4)
XYZxyz(30.4548, 32.7271, 78.8255)
Luminance0.3273 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#55A0E5 #E59A55
analogous
#55E5E2 #55A0E5 #5558E5
triadic
#55A0E5 #E555A0 #A0E555
tetradic
#55A0E5 #E255E5 #E59A55 #58E555
square
#55A0E5 #E255E5 #E59A55 #58E555
split-complementary
#55A0E5 #E55558 #E5E255
monochromatic
#1963A6 #2282DB #55A0E5 #8ABEED #BFDBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78
#55A0E5 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.55
#55A0E5 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55A0E5
7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##55A0E5#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##55A0E51.002.787.557.55
#FFFFFF2.781.0021.0021.00
#0000007.5521.001.001.00
##0000007.5521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#82A3E8
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#6E95E4
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B0B8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #55a0e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 160, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.127 248.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91bbed',
    500: '#55a0e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #55a0e5;
$custom-light: #91bbed;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#55a0e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.75,
    "s": 73.469,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68733,
    "c": 0.12681,
    "h": 248.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#55A0E5
secondary
#E6CAB0
accent
#6F10D6
background
#F9FBFE
surface
#F2F6FD
border
#CCD0D5
text
#0E1116
muted
#7E8084

Preview Lab

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#55A0E5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva