#55A5E1#55A5E1

#55A5E1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.118 H 243.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A5E1
RGB	rgb(85, 165, 225)
HSL	hsl(206, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(206, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.2%, 26.7%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.18, -6.53, -37.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.18, 38.17, 260.15°)
OKLab	oklab(69.65% -0.0531 -0.1058)
OKLCH	oklch(69.65% 0.118 243.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.7870, 34.2748, 76.2128)
Luminance	0.3428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A5E1 #E19155

analogous

#55E1D7 #55A5E1 #555FE1

triadic

#55A5E1 #E155A5 #A5E155

tetradic

#55A5E1 #D755E1 #E19155 #5FE155

square

#55A5E1 #D755E1 #E19155 #5FE155

split-complementary

#55A5E1 #E1555F #E1D755

monochromatic

#1C679F #2589D3 #55A5E1 #89C1EA #BDDCF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#55A5E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#55A5E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55A5E1

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A5E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A5E1	1.00	2.67	7.86	7.86
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AA6E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7798E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a5e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 165, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.118 243.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91bfea',
    500: '#55a5e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a5e1;
$custom-light: #91bfea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a5e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.714,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69653,
    "c": 0.1184,
    "h": 243.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A5E1

secondary

#E3C5AE

accent

#6514D2

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A5E1

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

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