#55A3E7#55A3E7

#55A3E7 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.127 H 247.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A3E7
RGB	rgb(85, 163, 231)
HSL	hsl(208, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(208, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 29.4%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.88, -3.47, -41.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.88, 41.53, 265.21°)
OKLab	oklab(69.5% -0.0492 -0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(69.5% 0.127 247.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.2620, 33.8921, 80.4801)
Luminance	0.3389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A3E7 #E79955

analogous

#55E7E2 #55A3E7 #555AE7

triadic

#55A3E7 #E755A3 #A3E755

tetradic

#55A3E7 #E255E7 #E79955 #5AE755

square

#55A3E7 #E255E7 #E79955 #5AE755

split-complementary

#55A3E7 #E7555A #E7E255

monochromatic

#1866AA #2086DF #55A3E7 #8BC0EF #C0DDF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#55A3E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#55A3E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55A3E7

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A3E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A3E7	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)

#85A5EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7197E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a3e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 163, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.127 247.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92beef',
    500: '#55a3e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a3e7;
$custom-light: #92beef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a3e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.945,
    "s": 75.258,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.695,
    "c": 0.12673,
    "h": 247.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A3E7

secondary

#E7CAB1

accent

#6C0ED7

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A3E7

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

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