#55A3E1#55A3E1

#55A3E1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.120 H 244.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A3E1
RGB	rgb(85, 163, 225)
HSL	hsl(207, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(207, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.2%, 27.6%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.61, -5.41, -38.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.61, 38.88, 262.00°)
OKLab	oklab(69.2% -0.051 -0.1084)
OKLCH	oklch(69.2% 0.12 244.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.4290, 33.5590, 76.0935)
Luminance	0.3356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A3E1 #E19355

analogous

#55E1D9 #55A3E1 #555DE1

triadic

#55A3E1 #E155A3 #A3E155

tetradic

#55A3E1 #D955E1 #E19355 #5DE155

square

#55A3E1 #D955E1 #E19355 #5DE155

split-complementary

#55A3E1 #E1555D #E1D955

monochromatic

#1C659F #2586D3 #55A3E1 #89BFEA #BDDBF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#55A3E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.71

#55A3E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55A3E1

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A3E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A3E1	1.00	2.72	7.71	7.71
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88A4E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7597E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a3e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 163, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.120 244.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91beea',
    500: '#55a3e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a3e1;
$custom-light: #91beea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a3e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.571,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69203,
    "c": 0.11981,
    "h": 244.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A3E1

secondary

#E3C6AE

accent

#6814D2

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A3E1

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

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