#55A7E6#55A7E6

#55A7E6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.123 H 244.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A7E6
RGB	rgb(85, 167, 230)
HSL	hsl(206, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(206, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 27.4%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.97, -6.03, -39.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.97, 39.60, 261.24°)
OKLab	oklab(70.34% -0.0536 -0.1102)
OKLCH	oklch(70.34% 0.123 244.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.8426, 35.2787, 79.9789)
Luminance	0.3528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A7E6 #E69455

analogous

#55E6DD #55A7E6 #555FE6

triadic

#55A7E6 #E655A7 #A7E655

tetradic

#55A7E6 #DD55E6 #E69455 #5FE655

square

#55A7E6 #DD55E6 #E69455 #5FE655

split-complementary

#55A7E6 #E6555F #E6DD55

monochromatic

#196AA8 #218BDD #55A7E6 #8AC3EE #C0DEF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#55A7E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#55A7E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55A7E6

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A7E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A7E6	1.00	2.61	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BA8E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#779AE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a7e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 167, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.123 244.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92c1ee',
    500: '#55a7e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a7e6;
$custom-light: #92c1ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a7e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.069,
    "s": 74.359,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70344,
    "c": 0.12257,
    "h": 244.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A7E6

secondary

#E6C8B1

accent

#660FD6

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A7E6

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

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