#55A5E5#55A5E5

#55A5E5 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.123 H 245.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A5E5
RGB	rgb(85, 165, 229)
HSL	hsl(207, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(207, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 27.9%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.35, -5.24, -39.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.35, 39.89, 262.45°)
OKLab	oklab(69.85% -0.0519 -0.1114)
OKLCH	oklch(69.85% 0.123 245)
XYZ	xyz(31.3390, 34.4956, 79.1203)
Luminance	0.3450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A5E5 #E59555

analogous

#55E5DD #55A5E5 #555DE5

triadic

#55A5E5 #E555A5 #A5E555

tetradic

#55A5E5 #DD55E5 #E59555 #5DE555

square

#55A5E5 #DD55E5 #E59555 #5DE555

split-complementary

#55A5E5 #E5555D #E5DD55

monochromatic

#1968A6 #2289DB #55A5E5 #8AC1ED #BFDDF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#55A5E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#55A5E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55A5E5

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A5E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A5E5	1.00	2.66	7.90	7.90
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89A7E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7598E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a5e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 165, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.123 245.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92bfed',
    500: '#55a5e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a5e5;
$custom-light: #92bfed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a5e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.667,
    "s": 73.469,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69847,
    "c": 0.1229,
    "h": 245
  },
  "luminance": 0.34499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A5E5

secondary

#E6C8B0

accent

#6810D6

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A5E5

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

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