#55A0E6#55A0E6

#55A0E6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.128 H 248.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A0E6
RGB	rgb(85, 160, 230)
HSL	hsl(209, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(209, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 30.4%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.98, -2.09, -42.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.98, 42.29, 267.16°)
OKLab	oklab(68.78% -0.0465 -0.1193)
OKLCH	oklch(68.78% 0.128 248.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.5948, 32.7831, 79.5630)
Luminance	0.3279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A0E6 #E69B55

analogous

#55E6E4 #55A0E6 #5558E6

triadic

#55A0E6 #E655A0 #A0E655

tetradic

#55A0E6 #E455E6 #E69B55 #58E655

square

#55A0E6 #E455E6 #E69B55 #58E655

split-complementary

#55A0E6 #E65558 #E6E455

monochromatic

#1963A8 #2182DD #55A0E6 #8ABEEE #C0DCF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#55A0E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.56

#55A0E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55A0E6

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A0E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A0E6	1.00	2.78	7.56	7.56
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82A3E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E95E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a0e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 160, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.128 248.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92bbee',
    500: '#55a0e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a0e6;
$custom-light: #92bbee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a0e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.966,
    "s": 74.359,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68783,
    "c": 0.128,
    "h": 248.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A0E6

secondary

#E6CAB1

accent

#6F0FD6

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A0E6

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

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