#55A7E4#55A7E4

#55A7E4 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.120 H 243.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A7E4
RGB	rgb(85, 167, 228)
HSL	hsl(206, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(206, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 26.8%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.88, -6.68, -38.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.88, 38.75, 260.08°)
OKLab	oklab(70.25% -0.0542 -0.1074)
OKLCH	oklch(70.25% 0.12 243.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.5634, 35.1670, 78.5083)
Luminance	0.3517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A7E4 #E49255

analogous

#55E4D9 #55A7E4 #5560E4

triadic

#55A7E4 #E455A7 #A7E455

tetradic

#55A7E4 #D955E4 #E49255 #60E455

square

#55A7E4 #D955E4 #E49255 #60E455

split-complementary

#55A7E4 #E45560 #E4D955

monochromatic

#1A69A4 #238BD9 #55A7E4 #8AC2EC #BFDEF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#55A7E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#55A7E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55A7E4

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A7E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A7E4	1.00	2.61	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA8E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#789AE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a7e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 167, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.120 243.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92c1ec',
    500: '#55a7e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a7e4;
$custom-light: #92c1ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a7e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.594,
    "s": 72.589,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70247,
    "c": 0.12035,
    "h": 243.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A7E4

secondary

#E5C6B0

accent

#6411D5

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A7E4

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

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