#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
RGBrgb(85, 162, 233)
HSLhsl(209, 77%, 62%)
HSVhsv(209, 64%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(63.5%, 30.5%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LABlab(64.69, -2.25, -42.79)
CIE-LCHlch(64.69, 42.85, 266.99°)
OKLaboklab(69.38% -0.0476 -0.1209)
OKLCHoklch(69.38% 0.13 248.5)
XYZxyz(31.3692, 33.6520, 81.9173)
Luminance0.3366 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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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
##55A2E91.002.727.737.73
#FFFFFF2.721.0021.0021.00
#0000007.7321.001.001.00
##0000007.7321.001.001.00

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

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#55A2E9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva