#55A6E4#55A6E4

#55A6E4 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.121 H 243.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A6E4
RGB	rgb(85, 166, 228)
HSL	hsl(206, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(206, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 27.2%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.59, -6.12, -38.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.59, 39.10, 260.99°)
OKLab	oklab(70.02% -0.0532 -0.1087)
OKLCH	oklch(70.02% 0.121 243.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.3809, 34.8021, 78.4474)
Luminance	0.3481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A6E4 #E49355

analogous

#55E4DB #55A6E4 #555FE4

triadic

#55A6E4 #E455A6 #A6E455

tetradic

#55A6E4 #DB55E4 #E49355 #5FE455

square

#55A6E4 #DB55E4 #E49355 #5FE455

split-complementary

#55A6E4 #E4555F #E4DB55

monochromatic

#1A68A4 #238AD9 #55A6E4 #8AC2EC #BFDDF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#55A6E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#55A6E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55A6E4

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A6E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A6E4	1.00	2.64	7.96	7.96
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BA7E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7799E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a6e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 166, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.121 243.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c0ec',
    500: '#55a6e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a6e4;
$custom-light: #91c0ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a6e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.014,
    "s": 72.589,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70023,
    "c": 0.12105,
    "h": 243.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A6E4

secondary

#E5C7B0

accent

#6611D5

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A6E4

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

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