#55A4E7#55A4E7

#55A4E7 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.126 H 246.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A4E7
RGB	rgb(85, 164, 231)
HSL	hsl(208, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(208, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 29%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.16, -4.03, -40.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.16, 41.14, 264.38°)
OKLab	oklab(69.72% -0.0503 -0.1155)
OKLCH	oklch(69.72% 0.126 246.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.4402, 34.2486, 80.5395)
Luminance	0.3425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A4E7 #E79855

analogous

#55E7E1 #55A4E7 #555BE7

triadic

#55A4E7 #E755A4 #A4E755

tetradic

#55A4E7 #E155E7 #E79855 #5BE755

square

#55A4E7 #E155E7 #E79855 #5BE755

split-complementary

#55A4E7 #E7555B #E7E155

monochromatic

#1867AA #2087DF #55A4E7 #8BC1EF #C0DDF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#55A4E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#55A4E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55A4E7

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A4E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A4E7	1.00	2.68	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87A6EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7398E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a4e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 164, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.126 246.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92beef',
    500: '#55a4e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a4e7;
$custom-light: #92beef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a4e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.534,
    "s": 75.258,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69723,
    "c": 0.12595,
    "h": 246.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A4E7

secondary

#E7CAB1

accent

#6A0ED7

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A4E7

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

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