#55A4E4#55A4E4

#55A4E4 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.122 H 245.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A4E4
RGB	rgb(85, 164, 228)
HSL	hsl(207, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(207, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 28.1%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.03, -5.00, -39.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.03, 39.82, 262.78°)
OKLab	oklab(69.57% -0.0511 -0.1113)
OKLCH	oklch(69.57% 0.122 245.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.0201, 34.0806, 78.3272)
Luminance	0.3408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A4E4 #E49555

analogous

#55E4DD #55A4E4 #555DE4

triadic

#55A4E4 #E455A4 #A4E455

tetradic

#55A4E4 #DD55E4 #E49555 #5DE455

square

#55A4E4 #DD55E4 #E49555 #5DE455

split-complementary

#55A4E4 #E4555D #E4DD55

monochromatic

#1A67A4 #2387D9 #55A4E4 #8AC0EC #BFDDF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#55A4E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#55A4E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55A4E4

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A4E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A4E4	1.00	2.69	7.82	7.82
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88A6E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7498E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a4e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 164, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.122 245.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91beec',
    500: '#55a4e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a4e4;
$custom-light: #91beec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a4e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.853,
    "s": 72.589,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69574,
    "c": 0.12249,
    "h": 245.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A4E4

secondary

#E5C8B0

accent

#6811D5

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A4E4

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

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