#55A1E4#55A1E4

#55A1E4 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.125 H 247.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#55A1E4
RGBrgb(85, 161, 228)
HSLhsl(208, 73%, 61%)
HSVhsv(208, 63%, 89%)
CMYKcmyk(62.7%, 29.4%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LABlab(64.18, -3.31, -40.83)
CIE-LCHlch(64.18, 40.97, 265.36°)
OKLaboklab(68.91% -0.0481 -0.1152)
OKLCHoklch(68.91% 0.125 247.4)
XYZxyz(30.4896, 33.0195, 78.1503)
Luminance0.3302 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#55A1E4 #E49855
analogous
#55E4E0 #55A1E4 #555AE4
triadic
#55A1E4 #E455A1 #A1E455
tetradic
#55A1E4 #E055E4 #E49855 #5AE455
square
#55A1E4 #E055E4 #E49855 #5AE455
split-complementary
#55A1E4 #E4555A #E4E055
monochromatic
#1A64A4 #2384D9 #55A1E4 #8ABEEC #BFDBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76
#55A1E4 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.60
#55A1E4 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55A1E4
7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##55A1E4#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##55A1E41.002.767.607.60
#FFFFFF2.761.0021.0021.00
#0000007.6021.001.001.00
##0000007.6021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#84A3E7
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7095E3
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B1B9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #55a1e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 161, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.125 247.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91bced',
    500: '#55a1e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #55a1e4;
$custom-light: #91bced;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#55a1e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.112,
    "s": 72.589,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68905,
    "c": 0.12481,
    "h": 247.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#55A1E4
secondary
#E5C9B0
accent
#6D11D5
background
#F9FBFE
surface
#F2F6FD
border
#CCD0D5
text
#0E1216
muted
#7E8184

Preview Lab

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#55A1E4 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva