#55A2E9#55A2E9

#55A2E9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.130 H 248.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A2E9
RGB	rgb(85, 162, 233)
HSL	hsl(209, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(209, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 30.5%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.69, -2.25, -42.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.69, 42.85, 266.99°)
OKLab	oklab(69.38% -0.0476 -0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(69.38% 0.13 248.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.3692, 33.6520, 81.9173)
Luminance	0.3366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A2E9 #E99C55

analogous

#55E9E6 #55A2E9 #5558E9

triadic

#55A2E9 #E955A2 #A2E955

tetradic

#55A2E9 #E655E9 #E99C55 #58E955

square

#55A2E9 #E655E9 #E99C55 #58E955

split-complementary

#55A2E9 #E95558 #E9E655

monochromatic

#1665AD #1F84E2 #55A2E9 #8BC0F0 #C1DDF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#55A2E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#55A2E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55A2E9

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A2E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A2E9	1.00	2.72	7.73	7.73
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83A5EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F96E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a2e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 162, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.130 248.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92bdf0',
    500: '#55a2e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a2e9;
$custom-light: #92bdf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a2e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.784,
    "s": 77.083,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69379,
    "c": 0.12991,
    "h": 248.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A2E9

secondary

#E8CCB2

accent

#6F0CD9

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A2E9

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

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