#55A5E7#55A5E7

#55A5E7 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.125 H 245.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A5E7
RGB	rgb(85, 165, 231)
HSL	hsl(207, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(207, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 28.6%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.44, -4.59, -40.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.44, 40.76, 263.53°)
OKLab	oklab(69.95% -0.0513 -0.1142)
OKLCH	oklch(69.95% 0.125 245.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.6199, 34.6079, 80.5994)
Luminance	0.3461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A5E7 #E79755

analogous

#55E7E0 #55A5E7 #555CE7

triadic

#55A5E7 #E755A5 #A5E755

tetradic

#55A5E7 #E055E7 #E79755 #5CE755

square

#55A5E7 #E055E7 #E79755 #5CE755

split-complementary

#55A5E7 #E7555C #E7E055

monochromatic

#1868AA #2089DF #55A5E7 #8BC1EF #C0DEF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#55A5E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.92

#55A5E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55A5E7

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A5E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A5E7	1.00	2.65	7.92	7.92
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88A7EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7499E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a5e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 165, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.125 245.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92bfef',
    500: '#55a5e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a5e7;
$custom-light: #92bfef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a5e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.123,
    "s": 75.258,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69946,
    "c": 0.12518,
    "h": 245.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A5E7

secondary

#E7C9B1

accent

#690ED7

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A5E7

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

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