#55A6EE#55A6EE

#55A6EE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.133 H 247.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A6EE
RGB	rgb(85, 166, 238)
HSL	hsl(208, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(208, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.3%, 30.3%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.04, -2.87, -43.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.04, 43.50, 266.22°)
OKLab	oklab(70.52% -0.0502 -0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(70.52% 0.133 247.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.8094, 35.3735, 85.9710)
Luminance	0.3538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A6EE #EE9D55

analogous

#55EEE9 #55A6EE #5559EE

triadic

#55A6EE #EE55A6 #A6EE55

tetradic

#55A6EE #E955EE #EE9D55 #59EE55

square

#55A6EE #E955EE #EE9D55 #59EE55

split-complementary

#55A6EE #EE5559 #EEE955

monochromatic

#1269B6 #1D89E8 #55A6EE #8DC3F4 #C4E0F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#55A6EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#55A6EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55A6EE

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A6EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A6EE	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86A9F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#719AED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a6ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 166, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.133 247.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93c0f4',
    500: '#55a6ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a6ee;
$custom-light: #93c0f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a6ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.235,
    "s": 81.818,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70519,
    "c": 0.13251,
    "h": 247.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A6EE

secondary

#EBCEB4

accent

#6C07DE

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1217

muted

#7E8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A6EE

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

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