#55A2E4#55A2E4

#55A2E4 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.124 H 246.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A2E4
RGB	rgb(85, 162, 228)
HSL	hsl(208, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(208, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 28.9%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.46, -3.88, -40.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.46, 40.58, 264.51°)
OKLab	oklab(69.13% -0.0491 -0.1139)
OKLCH	oklch(69.13% 0.124 246.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.6650, 33.3704, 78.2088)
Luminance	0.3337 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A2E4 #E49755

analogous

#55E4DE #55A2E4 #555BE4

triadic

#55A2E4 #E455A2 #A2E455

tetradic

#55A2E4 #DE55E4 #E49755 #5BE455

square

#55A2E4 #DE55E4 #E49755 #5BE455

split-complementary

#55A2E4 #E4555B #E4DE55

monochromatic

#1A65A4 #2385D9 #55A2E4 #8ABFEC #BFDCF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#55A2E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.67

#55A2E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55A2E4

7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A2E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A2E4	1.00	2.74	7.67	7.67
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85A4E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7296E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a2e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 162, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.124 246.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91bded',
    500: '#55a2e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a2e4;
$custom-light: #91bded;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a2e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.692,
    "s": 72.589,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69127,
    "c": 0.12402,
    "h": 246.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A2E4

secondary

#E5C8B0

accent

#6B11D5

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A2E4

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

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