#55A1EC#55A1EC

#55A1EC is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.134 H 250.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A1EC
RGB	rgb(85, 161, 236)
HSL	hsl(210, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(210, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 31.8%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.54, -0.69, -44.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.54, 44.67, 269.11°)
OKLab	oklab(69.31% -0.0458 -0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(69.31% 0.134 250.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.6259, 33.4740, 84.1351)
Luminance	0.3348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A1EC #ECA055

analogous

#55ECEB #55A1EC #5556EC

triadic

#55A1EC #EC55A1 #A1EC55

tetradic

#55A1EC #EB55EC #ECA055 #56EC55

square

#55A1EC #EB55EC #ECA055 #56EC55

split-complementary

#55A1EC #EC5556 #ECEB55

monochromatic

#1464B3 #1E83E6 #55A1EC #8CBFF2 #C3DEF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#55A1EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#55A1EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55A1EC

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A1EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A1EC	1.00	2.73	7.70	7.70
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80A5EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C96EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a1ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 161, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.134 250.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92bcf2',
    500: '#55a1ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a1ec;
$custom-light: #92bcf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a1ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.801,
    "s": 79.894,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69313,
    "c": 0.13435,
    "h": 250.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A1EC

secondary

#EACEB3

accent

#7209DC

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1217

muted

#7E8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A1EC

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

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