#55A6DE#55A6DE

#55A6DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.114 H 241.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A6DE
RGB	rgb(85, 166, 222)
HSL	hsl(205, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(205, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 25.2%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.34, -8.05, -35.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.34, 36.61, 257.30°)
OKLab	oklab(69.74% -0.0551 -0.1003)
OKLCH	oklch(69.74% 0.114 241.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.5624, 34.4747, 74.1367)
Luminance	0.3448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A6DE #DE8D55

analogous

#55DED2 #55A6DE #5561DE

triadic

#55A6DE #DE55A6 #A6DE55

tetradic

#55A6DE #D255DE #DE8D55 #61DE55

square

#55A6DE #D255DE #DE8D55 #61DE55

split-complementary

#55A6DE #DE5561 #DED255

monochromatic

#1E689B #288ACE #55A6DE #88C1E8 #BCDCF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#55A6DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#55A6DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55A6DE

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A6DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A6DE	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)

#8DA6E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A99DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a6de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 166, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.114 241.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c0e8',
    500: '#55a6de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a6de;
$custom-light: #91c0e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a6de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.526,
    "s": 67.488,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69735,
    "c": 0.11447,
    "h": 241.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A6DE

secondary

#E2C3AD

accent

#6216CF

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A6DE

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

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