#55A0EC#55A0EC

#55A0EC is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.135 H 250.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A0EC
RGB	rgb(85, 160, 236)
HSL	hsl(210, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(210, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 32.2%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.26, -0.12, -45.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.26, 45.10, 269.85°)
OKLab	oklab(69.09% -0.0448 -0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(69.09% 0.135 250.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.4519, 33.1259, 84.0770)
Luminance	0.3313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A0EC #ECA155

analogous

#55EBEC #55A0EC #5655EC

triadic

#55A0EC #EC55A0 #A0EC55

tetradic

#55A0EC #EC55EB #ECA155 #55EC56

square

#55A0EC #EC55EB #ECA155 #55EC56

split-complementary

#55A0EC #EC5655 #EBEC55

monochromatic

#1463B3 #1E81E6 #55A0EC #8CBFF2 #C3DEF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#55A0EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.63

#55A0EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55A0EC

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A0EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A0EC	1.00	2.75	7.63	7.63
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7FA4EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A95EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a0ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 160, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.135 250.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92bbf2',
    500: '#55a0ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a0ec;
$custom-light: #92bbf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a0ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.199,
    "s": 79.894,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69093,
    "c": 0.13524,
    "h": 250.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A0EC

secondary

#EACFB3

accent

#7309DC

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1117

muted

#7E8085

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A0EC

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

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