#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
RGBrgb(85, 160, 230)
HSLhsl(209, 74%, 62%)
HSVhsv(209, 63%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(63%, 30.4%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LABlab(63.98, -2.09, -42.24)
CIE-LCHlch(63.98, 42.29, 267.16°)
OKLaboklab(68.78% -0.0465 -0.1193)
OKLCHoklch(68.78% 0.128 248.7)
XYZxyz(30.5948, 32.7831, 79.5630)
Luminance0.3279 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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
##55A0E61.002.787.567.56
#FFFFFF2.781.0021.0021.00
#0000007.5621.001.001.00
##0000007.5621.001.001.00

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

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#55A0E6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva