#55A2E6#55A2E6

#55A2E6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.126 H 247.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A2E6
RGB	rgb(85, 162, 230)
HSL	hsl(208, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(208, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 29.6%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.55, -3.23, -41.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.55, 41.48, 265.54°)
OKLab	oklab(69.23% -0.0485 -0.1167)
OKLCH	oklch(69.23% 0.126 247.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.9443, 33.4821, 79.6795)
Luminance	0.3348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A2E6 #E69955

analogous

#55E6E2 #55A2E6 #555AE6

triadic

#55A2E6 #E655A2 #A2E655

tetradic

#55A2E6 #E255E6 #E69955 #5AE655

square

#55A2E6 #E255E6 #E69955 #5AE655

split-complementary

#55A2E6 #E6555A #E6E255

monochromatic

#1965A8 #2185DD #55A2E6 #8ABFEE #C0DCF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#55A2E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#55A2E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55A2E6

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A2E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A2E6	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)

#84A4E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7196E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a2e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 162, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.126 247.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92bdee',
    500: '#55a2e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a2e6;
$custom-light: #92bdee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a2e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.138,
    "s": 74.359,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69228,
    "c": 0.12636,
    "h": 247.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A2E6

secondary

#E6CAB1

accent

#6D0FD6

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A2E6

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

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