#55A0EE#55A0EE

#55A0EE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.138 H 251.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A0EE
RGB	rgb(85, 160, 238)
HSL	hsl(211, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(211, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.3%, 32.8%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.36, 0.54, -46.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.36, 46.06, 270.67°)
OKLab	oklab(69.2% -0.0442 -0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(69.2% 0.138 251.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.7441, 33.2428, 85.6159)
Luminance	0.3325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A0EE #EEA355

analogous

#55EDEE #55A0EE #5655EE

triadic

#55A0EE #EE55A0 #A0EE55

tetradic

#55A0EE #EE55ED #EEA355 #55EE56

square

#55A0EE #EE55ED #EEA355 #55EE56

split-complementary

#55A0EE #EE5655 #EDEE55

monochromatic

#1263B6 #1D81E8 #55A0EE #8DBFF4 #C4DEF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#55A0EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#55A0EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55A0EE

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A0EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A0EE	1.00	2.75	7.65	7.65
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7EA4F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6995EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a0ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 160, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.138 251.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93bbf4',
    500: '#55a0ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a0ee;
$custom-light: #93bbf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a0ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.588,
    "s": 81.818,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69198,
    "c": 0.13768,
    "h": 251.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A0EE

secondary

#EBD0B4

accent

#7507DE

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1117

muted

#7E8085

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A0EE

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

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