#55A5E9#55A5E9

#55A5E9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.127 H 246.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A5E9
RGB	rgb(85, 165, 233)
HSL	hsl(208, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(208, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 29.2%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.53, -3.94, -41.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.53, 41.65, 264.57°)
OKLab	oklab(70.05% -0.0507 -0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(70.05% 0.127 246.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.9039, 34.7216, 82.0956)
Luminance	0.3473 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A5E9 #E99955

analogous

#55E9E3 #55A5E9 #555BE9

triadic

#55A5E9 #E955A5 #A5E955

tetradic

#55A5E9 #E355E9 #E99955 #5BE955

square

#55A5E9 #E355E9 #E99955 #5BE955

split-complementary

#55A5E9 #E9555B #E9E355

monochromatic

#1668AD #1F88E2 #55A5E9 #8BC2F0 #C1DEF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#55A5E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.94

#55A5E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55A5E9

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A5E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A5E9	1.00	2.64	7.94	7.94
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87A7EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7399E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a5e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 165, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.127 246.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92bff0',
    500: '#55a5e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a5e9;
$custom-light: #92bff0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a5e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.568,
    "s": 77.083,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70045,
    "c": 0.12749,
    "h": 246.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A5E9

secondary

#E8CBB2

accent

#6A0CD9

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A5E9

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

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