#55A4E3#55A4E3

#55A4E3 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.121 H 244.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A4E3
RGB	rgb(85, 164, 227)
HSL	hsl(207, 72%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(207, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 27.8%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.98, -5.33, -39.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.98, 39.38, 262.23°)
OKLab	oklab(69.53% -0.0515 -0.1099)
OKLCH	oklch(69.53% 0.121 244.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.8817, 34.0252, 77.5982)
Luminance	0.3403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A4E3 #E39455

analogous

#55E3DB #55A4E3 #555DE3

triadic

#55A4E3 #E355A4 #A4E355

tetradic

#55A4E3 #DB55E3 #E39455 #5DE355

square

#55A4E3 #DB55E3 #E39455 #5DE355

split-complementary

#55A4E3 #E3555D #E3DB55

monochromatic

#1B66A3 #2388D7 #55A4E3 #8AC0EC #BEDCF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#55A4E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.81

#55A4E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55A4E3

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A4E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A4E3	1.00	2.69	7.81	7.81
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88A5E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7597E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a4e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 164, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.121 244.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91beec',
    500: '#55a4e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a4e3;
$custom-light: #91beec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a4e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.62,
    "s": 71.717,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69525,
    "c": 0.12136,
    "h": 244.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A4E3

secondary

#E5C7AF

accent

#6812D4

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A4E3

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →