#55A2E1#55A2E1

#55A2E1 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.121 H 245.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A2E1
RGB	rgb(85, 162, 225)
HSL	hsl(207, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(207, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.2%, 28%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.33, -4.85, -38.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.33, 39.24, 262.90°)
OKLab	oklab(68.98% -0.05 -0.1097)
OKLCH	oklch(68.98% 0.121 245.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.2522, 33.2053, 76.0345)
Luminance	0.3321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A2E1 #E19455

analogous

#55E1DA #55A2E1 #555CE1

triadic

#55A2E1 #E155A2 #A2E155

tetradic

#55A2E1 #DA55E1 #E19455 #5CE155

square

#55A2E1 #DA55E1 #E19455 #5CE155

split-complementary

#55A2E1 #E1555C #E1DA55

monochromatic

#1C649F #2585D3 #55A2E1 #89BEEA #BDDBF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#55A2E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.64

#55A2E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55A2E1

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A2E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A2E1	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)

#86A4E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7396E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a2e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 162, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.121 245.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91bdea',
    500: '#55a2e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a2e1;
$custom-light: #91bdea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a2e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68979,
    "c": 0.12056,
    "h": 245.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A2E1

secondary

#E3C6AE

accent

#6914D2

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A2E1

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

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