#55A3EE#55A3EE

#55A3EE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.135 H 249.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A3EE
RGB	rgb(85, 163, 238)
HSL	hsl(209, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(209, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.3%, 31.5%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.20, -1.17, -44.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.20, 44.75, 268.50°)
OKLab	oklab(69.86% -0.0472 -0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(69.86% 0.135 249.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.2704, 34.2955, 85.7914)
Luminance	0.3430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A3EE #EEA055

analogous

#55EEED #55A3EE #5556EE

triadic

#55A3EE #EE55A3 #A3EE55

tetradic

#55A3EE #ED55EE #EEA055 #56EE55

square

#55A3EE #ED55EE #EEA055 #56EE55

split-complementary

#55A3EE #EE5556 #EEED55

monochromatic

#1266B6 #1D85E8 #55A3EE #8DC1F4 #C4DFF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#55A3EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#55A3EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55A3EE

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A3EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A3EE	1.00	2.67	7.86	7.86
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82A6F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D98ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a3ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 163, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.135 249.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93bdf4',
    500: '#55a3ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a3ee;
$custom-light: #93bdf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a3ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.412,
    "s": 81.818,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69857,
    "c": 0.13503,
    "h": 249.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A3EE

secondary

#EBCFB4

accent

#7107DE

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1217

muted

#7E8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A3EE

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

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