#55A6E6#55A6E6

#55A6E6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.123 H 244.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A6E6
RGB	rgb(85, 166, 230)
HSL	hsl(206, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(206, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 27.8%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.68, -5.48, -39.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.68, 39.96, 262.12°)
OKLab	oklab(70.12% -0.0526 -0.1115)
OKLCH	oklch(70.12% 0.123 244.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.6601, 34.9138, 79.9181)
Luminance	0.3492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A6E6 #E69555

analogous

#55E6DE #55A6E6 #555EE6

triadic

#55A6E6 #E655A6 #A6E655

tetradic

#55A6E6 #DE55E6 #E69555 #5EE655

square

#55A6E6 #DE55E6 #E69555 #5EE655

split-complementary

#55A6E6 #E6555E #E6DE55

monochromatic

#1969A8 #218ADD #55A6E6 #8AC2EE #C0DEF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#55A6E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#55A6E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55A6E6

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A6E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A6E6	1.00	2.63	7.98	7.98
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AA7E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7699E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a6e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 166, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.123 244.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92c0ee',
    500: '#55a6e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a6e6;
$custom-light: #92c0ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a6e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.483,
    "s": 74.359,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7012,
    "c": 0.12329,
    "h": 244.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A6E6

secondary

#E6C8B1

accent

#670FD6

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A6E6

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

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