#55A4E1#55A4E1

#55A4E1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.119 H 244.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A4E1
RGB	rgb(85, 164, 225)
HSL	hsl(206, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(206, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.2%, 27.1%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.90, -5.97, -38.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.90, 38.52, 261.08°)
OKLab	oklab(69.43% -0.0521 -0.1071)
OKLCH	oklch(69.43% 0.119 244.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.6073, 33.9155, 76.1529)
Luminance	0.3392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A4E1 #E19255

analogous

#55E1D8 #55A4E1 #555EE1

triadic

#55A4E1 #E155A4 #A4E155

tetradic

#55A4E1 #D855E1 #E19255 #5EE155

square

#55A4E1 #D855E1 #E19255 #5EE155

split-complementary

#55A4E1 #E1555E #E1D855

monochromatic

#1C669F #2588D3 #55A4E1 #89C0EA #BDDCF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#55A4E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#55A4E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55A4E1

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A4E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A4E1	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)

#89A5E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7697E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a4e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 164, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.119 244.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91beea',
    500: '#55a4e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a4e1;
$custom-light: #91beea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a4e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.143,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69428,
    "c": 0.1191,
    "h": 244.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A4E1

secondary

#E3C5AE

accent

#6714D2

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A4E1

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

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