#55A7E5#55A7E5

#55A7E5 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.121 H 243.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A7E5
RGB	rgb(85, 167, 229)
HSL	hsl(206, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(206, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 27.1%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.92, -6.36, -38.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.92, 39.17, 260.66°)
OKLab	oklab(70.3% -0.0539 -0.1088)
OKLCH	oklch(70.3% 0.121 243.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.7026, 35.2227, 79.2415)
Luminance	0.3523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A7E5 #E59355

analogous

#55E5DB #55A7E5 #555FE5

triadic

#55A7E5 #E555A7 #A7E555

tetradic

#55A7E5 #DB55E5 #E59355 #5FE555

square

#55A7E5 #DB55E5 #E59355 #5FE555

split-complementary

#55A7E5 #E5555F #E5DB55

monochromatic

#196AA6 #228BDB #55A7E5 #8AC2ED #BFDEF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#55A7E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#55A7E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55A7E5

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A7E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A7E5	1.00	2.61	8.05	8.05
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BA8E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#789AE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a7e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 167, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.121 243.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92c1ed',
    500: '#55a7e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a7e5;
$custom-light: #92c1ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a7e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.833,
    "s": 73.469,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70295,
    "c": 0.12145,
    "h": 243.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A7E5

secondary

#E6C7B0

accent

#6510D6

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A7E5

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

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