#55A2DE#55A2DE

#55A2DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.117 H 244.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A2DE
RGB	rgb(85, 162, 222)
HSL	hsl(206, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(206, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 27%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.20, -5.82, -37.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.20, 37.94, 261.18°)
OKLab	oklab(68.83% -0.0509 -0.1055)
OKLCH	oklch(68.83% 0.117 244.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.8465, 33.0430, 73.8981)
Luminance	0.3305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A2DE #DE9155

analogous

#55DED5 #55A2DE #555EDE

triadic

#55A2DE #DE55A2 #A2DE55

tetradic

#55A2DE #D555DE #DE9155 #5EDE55

square

#55A2DE #D555DE #DE9155 #5EDE55

split-complementary

#55A2DE #DE555E #DED555

monochromatic

#1E649B #2885CE #55A2DE #88BEE8 #BCDAF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#55A2DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.61

#55A2DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55A2DE

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A2DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A2DE	1.00	2.76	7.61	7.61
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88A3E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7596DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a2de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 162, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.117 244.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91bde8',
    500: '#55a2de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a2de;
$custom-light: #91bde8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a2de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.277,
    "s": 67.488,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68832,
    "c": 0.11715,
    "h": 244.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A2DE

secondary

#E2C4AD

accent

#6716CF

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A2DE

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

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