#55A4EE#55A4EE

#55A4EE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.134 H 248.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A4EE
RGB	rgb(85, 164, 238)
HSL	hsl(209, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(209, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.3%, 31.1%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.48, -1.74, -44.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.48, 44.32, 267.75°)
OKLab	oklab(70.08% -0.0482 -0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(70.08% 0.134 248.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.4487, 34.6520, 85.8508)
Luminance	0.3466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A4EE #EE9F55

analogous

#55EEEC #55A4EE #5557EE

triadic

#55A4EE #EE55A4 #A4EE55

tetradic

#55A4EE #EC55EE #EE9F55 #57EE55

square

#55A4EE #EC55EE #EE9F55 #57EE55

split-complementary

#55A4EE #EE5557 #EEEC55

monochromatic

#1267B6 #1D86E8 #55A4EE #8DC2F4 #C4E0F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#55A4EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#55A4EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55A4EE

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A4EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A4EE	1.00	2.65	7.93	7.93
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84A7F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F98ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a4ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 164, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.134 248.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93bef4',
    500: '#55a4ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a4ee;
$custom-light: #93bef4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a4ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.02,
    "s": 81.818,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70077,
    "c": 0.13418,
    "h": 248.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A4EE

secondary

#EBCFB4

accent

#6F07DE

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1217

muted

#7E8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A4EE

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

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