#55A4E6#55A4E6

#55A4E6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.125 H 246.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A4E6
RGB	rgb(85, 164, 230)
HSL	hsl(207, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(207, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 28.7%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.11, -4.36, -40.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.11, 40.70, 263.86°)
OKLab	oklab(69.67% -0.0505 -0.1141)
OKLCH	oklch(69.67% 0.125 246.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.2994, 34.1923, 79.7979)
Luminance	0.3419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A4E6 #E69755

analogous

#55E6DF #55A4E6 #555CE6

triadic

#55A4E6 #E655A4 #A4E655

tetradic

#55A4E6 #DF55E6 #E69755 #5CE655

square

#55A4E6 #DF55E6 #E69755 #5CE655

split-complementary

#55A4E6 #E6555C #E6DF55

monochromatic

#1967A8 #2187DD #55A4E6 #8AC1EE #C0DDF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#55A4E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.84

#55A4E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55A4E6

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A4E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A4E6	1.00	2.68	7.84	7.84
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87A6E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7398E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a4e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 164, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.125 246.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92beee',
    500: '#55a4e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a4e6;
$custom-light: #92beee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a4e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.31,
    "s": 74.359,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69673,
    "c": 0.12479,
    "h": 246.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A4E6

secondary

#E6C9B1

accent

#6A0FD6

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A4E6

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

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