#55A4E0#55A4E0

#55A4E0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.118 H 243.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A4E0
RGB	rgb(85, 164, 224)
HSL	hsl(206, 69%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(206, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 26.8%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.85, -6.29, -37.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.85, 38.10, 260.49°)
OKLab	oklab(69.38% -0.0524 -0.1057)
OKLCH	oklch(69.38% 0.118 243.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.4713, 33.8611, 75.4366)
Luminance	0.3386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A4E0 #E09155

analogous

#55E0D6 #55A4E0 #555EE0

triadic

#55A4E0 #E055A4 #A4E055

tetradic

#55A4E0 #D655E0 #E09155 #5EE055

square

#55A4E0 #D655E0 #E09155 #5EE055

split-complementary

#55A4E0 #E0555E #E0D655

monochromatic

#1D669E #2688D2 #55A4E0 #89C0E9 #BDDBF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#55A4E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#55A4E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55A4E0

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A4E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A4E0	1.00	2.70	7.77	7.77
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89A5E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7797DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a4e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 164, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.118 243.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91beea',
    500: '#55a4e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a4e0;
$custom-light: #91beea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a4e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.899,
    "s": 69.154,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69379,
    "c": 0.11798,
    "h": 243.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A4E0

secondary

#E3C5AE

accent

#6614D1

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A4E0

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

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