#55A4E2#55A4E2

#55A4E2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.120 H 244.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A4E2
RGB	rgb(85, 164, 226)
HSL	hsl(206, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(206, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 27.4%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.94, -5.65, -38.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.94, 38.95, 261.66°)
OKLab	oklab(69.48% -0.0518 -0.1085)
OKLCH	oklch(69.48% 0.12 244.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.7441, 33.9702, 76.8734)
Luminance	0.3397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A4E2 #E29355

analogous

#55E2D9 #55A4E2 #555DE2

triadic

#55A4E2 #E255A4 #A4E255

tetradic

#55A4E2 #D955E2 #E29355 #5DE255

square

#55A4E2 #D955E2 #E29355 #5DE255

split-complementary

#55A4E2 #E2555D #E2D955

monochromatic

#1B66A1 #2488D5 #55A4E2 #89C0EB #BEDCF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#55A4E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#55A4E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55A4E2

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A4E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A4E2	1.00	2.69	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89A5E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7597E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a4e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 164, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.120 244.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91beeb',
    500: '#55a4e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a4e2;
$custom-light: #91beeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a4e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.383,
    "s": 70.854,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69476,
    "c": 0.12022,
    "h": 244.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A4E2

secondary

#E4C6AF

accent

#6713D3

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A4E2

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

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