#55A2ED#55A2ED

#55A2ED is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.135 H 249.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A2ED
RGB	rgb(85, 162, 237)
HSL	hsl(210, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(210, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 31.6%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.87, -0.93, -44.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.87, 44.71, 268.80°)
OKLab	oklab(69.58% -0.0465 -0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(69.58% 0.135 249.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.9471, 33.8832, 84.9608)
Luminance	0.3389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A2ED #EDA055

analogous

#55EDEC #55A2ED #5556ED

triadic

#55A2ED #ED55A2 #A2ED55

tetradic

#55A2ED #EC55ED #EDA055 #56ED55

square

#55A2ED #EC55ED #EDA055 #56ED55

split-complementary

#55A2ED #ED5556 #EDEC55

monochromatic

#1365B4 #1E84E7 #55A2ED #8CC0F3 #C4DFF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#55A2ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#55A2ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55A2ED

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A2ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A2ED	1.00	2.70	7.78	7.78
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81A5F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C97EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a2ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 162, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.135 249.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93bdf3',
    500: '#55a2ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a2ed;
$custom-light: #93bdf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a2ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.605,
    "s": 80.851,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69585,
    "c": 0.13469,
    "h": 249.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A2ED

secondary

#EACFB4

accent

#7108DD

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1217

muted

#7E8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A2ED

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

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