#55A0E7#55A0E7

#55A0E7 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.129 H 249.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A0E7
RGB	rgb(85, 160, 231)
HSL	hsl(209, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(209, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 30.7%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.03, -1.77, -42.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.03, 42.75, 267.63°)
OKLab	oklab(68.83% -0.0462 -0.1207)
OKLCH	oklch(68.83% 0.129 249.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.7356, 32.8394, 80.3047)
Luminance	0.3284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A0E7 #E79C55

analogous

#55E7E5 #55A0E7 #5557E7

triadic

#55A0E7 #E755A0 #A0E755

tetradic

#55A0E7 #E555E7 #E79C55 #57E755

square

#55A0E7 #E555E7 #E79C55 #57E755

split-complementary

#55A0E7 #E75557 #E7E555

monochromatic

#1863AA #2082DF #55A0E7 #8BBEEF #C0DCF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#55A0E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.57

#55A0E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55A0E7

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A0E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A0E7	1.00	2.77	7.57	7.57
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81A3EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D95E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a0e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 160, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.129 249.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92bbef',
    500: '#55a0e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a0e7;
$custom-light: #92bbef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a0e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.178,
    "s": 75.258,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68834,
    "c": 0.12919,
    "h": 249.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A0E7

secondary

#E7CBB1

accent

#700ED7

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A0E7

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

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