#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
RGBrgb(85, 167, 230)
HSLhsl(206, 74%, 62%)
HSVhsv(206, 63%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(63%, 27.4%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LABlab(65.97, -6.03, -39.14)
CIE-LCHlch(65.97, 39.60, 261.24°)
OKLaboklab(70.34% -0.0536 -0.1102)
OKLCHoklch(70.34% 0.123 244.1)
XYZxyz(31.8426, 35.2787, 79.9789)
Luminance0.3528 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

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
##55A7E61.002.618.068.06
#FFFFFF2.611.0021.0021.00
#0000008.0621.001.001.00
##0000008.0621.001.001.00

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

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#55A7E6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva