#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
RGBrgb(85, 164, 225)
HSLhsl(206, 70%, 61%)
HSVhsv(206, 62%, 88%)
CMYKcmyk(62.2%, 27.1%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LABlab(64.90, -5.97, -38.06)
CIE-LCHlch(64.90, 38.52, 261.08°)
OKLaboklab(69.43% -0.0521 -0.1071)
OKLCHoklch(69.43% 0.119 244.1)
XYZxyz(30.6073, 33.9155, 76.1529)
Luminance0.3392 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##55A4E11.002.707.787.78
#FFFFFF2.701.0021.0021.00
#0000007.7821.001.001.00
##0000007.7821.001.001.00

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

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#55A4E1 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva