#55A1E7#55A1E7

#55A1E7 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.128 H 248.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A1E7
RGB	rgb(85, 161, 231)
HSL	hsl(209, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(209, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 30.3%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.31, -2.34, -42.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.31, 42.34, 266.84°)
OKLab	oklab(69.06% -0.0472 -0.1194)
OKLCH	oklch(69.06% 0.128 248.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.9097, 33.1875, 80.3627)
Luminance	0.3319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A1E7 #E79B55

analogous

#55E7E4 #55A1E7 #5558E7

triadic

#55A1E7 #E755A1 #A1E755

tetradic

#55A1E7 #E455E7 #E79B55 #58E755

square

#55A1E7 #E455E7 #E79B55 #58E755

split-complementary

#55A1E7 #E75558 #E7E455

monochromatic

#1864AA #2083DF #55A1E7 #8BBFEF #C0DCF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#55A1E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.64

#55A1E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55A1E7

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A1E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A1E7	1.00	2.75	7.64	7.64
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83A4EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F96E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a1e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 161, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.128 248.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92bcef',
    500: '#55a1e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a1e7;
$custom-light: #92bcef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a1e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.767,
    "s": 75.258,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69056,
    "c": 0.12836,
    "h": 248.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A1E7

secondary

#E7CBB1

accent

#6F0ED7

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A1E7

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

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