#55A3E4#55A3E4

#55A3E4 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.123 H 246.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A3E4
RGB	rgb(85, 163, 228)
HSL	hsl(207, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(207, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 28.5%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.74, -4.44, -39.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.74, 40.19, 263.65°)
OKLab	oklab(69.35% -0.0501 -0.1126)
OKLCH	oklch(69.35% 0.123 246)
XYZ	xyz(30.8419, 33.7241, 78.2678)
Luminance	0.3373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A3E4 #E49655

analogous

#55E4DE #55A3E4 #555CE4

triadic

#55A3E4 #E455A3 #A3E455

tetradic

#55A3E4 #DE55E4 #E49655 #5CE455

square

#55A3E4 #DE55E4 #E49655 #5CE455

split-complementary

#55A3E4 #E4555C #E4DE55

monochromatic

#1A66A4 #2386D9 #55A3E4 #8AC0EC #BFDCF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#55A3E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#55A3E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55A3E4

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A3E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A3E4	1.00	2.71	7.75	7.75
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87A5E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7397E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a3e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 163, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.123 246.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91beec',
    500: '#55a3e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a3e4;
$custom-light: #91beec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a3e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.273,
    "s": 72.589,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69351,
    "c": 0.12325,
    "h": 246
  },
  "luminance": 0.33727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A3E4

secondary

#E5C8B0

accent

#6A11D5

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A3E4

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

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