#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
RGB	rgb(85, 161, 228)
HSL	hsl(208, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(208, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 29.4%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.18, -3.31, -40.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.18, 40.97, 265.36°)
OKLab	oklab(68.91% -0.0481 -0.1152)
OKLCH	oklch(68.91% 0.125 247.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.4896, 33.0195, 78.1503)
Luminance	0.3302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##55A1E4	1.00	2.76	7.60	7.60
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #55A1E4

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

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