#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
RGBrgb(85, 165, 225)
HSLhsl(206, 70%, 61%)
HSVhsv(206, 62%, 88%)
CMYKcmyk(62.2%, 26.7%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LABlab(65.18, -6.53, -37.61)
CIE-LCHlch(65.18, 38.17, 260.15°)
OKLaboklab(69.65% -0.0531 -0.1058)
OKLCHoklch(69.65% 0.118 243.3)
XYZxyz(30.7870, 34.2748, 76.2128)
Luminance0.3428 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

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
##55A5E11.002.677.867.86
#FFFFFF2.671.0021.0021.00
#0000007.8621.001.001.00
##0000007.8621.001.001.00

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

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#55A5E1 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva