#55A2E2#55A2E2

#55A2E2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.122 H 245.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A2E2
RGB	rgb(85, 162, 226)
HSL	hsl(207, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(207, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 28.3%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.37, -4.53, -39.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.37, 39.69, 263.45°)
OKLab	oklab(69.03% -0.0497 -0.1111)
OKLCH	oklch(69.03% 0.122 245.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.3890, 33.2600, 76.7551)
Luminance	0.3326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A2E2 #E29555

analogous

#55E2DB #55A2E2 #555BE2

triadic

#55A2E2 #E255A2 #A2E255

tetradic

#55A2E2 #DB55E2 #E29555 #5BE255

square

#55A2E2 #DB55E2 #E29555 #5BE255

split-complementary

#55A2E2 #E2555B #E2DB55

monochromatic

#1B64A1 #2485D5 #55A2E2 #89BFEB #BEDBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#55A2E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#55A2E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55A2E2

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A2E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A2E2	1.00	2.74	7.65	7.65
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86A4E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7396E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a2e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 162, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.122 245.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91bdeb',
    500: '#55a2e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a2e2;
$custom-light: #91bdeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a2e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.234,
    "s": 70.854,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69028,
    "c": 0.12171,
    "h": 245.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A2E2

secondary

#E4C7AF

accent

#6A13D3

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A2E2

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

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