#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
RGB	rgb(85, 160, 229)
HSL	hsl(209, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(209, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 30.1%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.94, -2.42, -41.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.94, 41.83, 266.68°)
OKLab	oklab(68.73% -0.0467 -0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(68.73% 0.127 248.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.4548, 32.7271, 78.8255)
Luminance	0.3273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

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
##55A0E5	1.00	2.78	7.55	7.55
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #55A0E5

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

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