#55A2EE#55A2EE

#55A2EE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.136 H 250.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A2EE
RGB	rgb(85, 162, 238)
HSL	hsl(210, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(210, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.3%, 31.9%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.92, -0.60, -45.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.92, 45.18, 269.24°)
OKLab	oklab(69.64% -0.0462 -0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(69.64% 0.136 250.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.0936, 33.9418, 85.7324)
Luminance	0.3394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A2EE #EEA155

analogous

#55EEED #55A2EE #5555EE

triadic

#55A2EE #EE55A2 #A2EE55

tetradic

#55A2EE #ED55EE #EEA155 #55EE55

square

#55A2EE #ED55EE #EEA155 #55EE55

split-complementary

#55A2EE #EE5555 #EEED55

monochromatic

#1265B6 #1D84E8 #55A2EE #8DC0F4 #C4DFF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#55A2EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#55A2EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55A2EE

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A2EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A2EE	1.00	2.70	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81A6F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C97EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a2ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 162, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.136 250.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93bdf4',
    500: '#55a2ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a2ee;
$custom-light: #93bdf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a2ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.804,
    "s": 81.818,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69637,
    "c": 0.1359,
    "h": 250.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A2EE

secondary

#EBCFB4

accent

#7207DE

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1217

muted

#7E8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A2EE

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

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