#55A7E9#55A7E9

#55A7E9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.126 H 245.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A7E9
RGB	rgb(85, 167, 233)
HSL	hsl(207, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(207, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 28.3%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.10, -5.06, -40.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.10, 40.89, 262.89°)
OKLab	oklab(70.49% -0.0527 -0.1144)
OKLCH	oklch(70.49% 0.126 245.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.2675, 35.4487, 82.2168)
Luminance	0.3545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A7E9 #E99755

analogous

#55E9E1 #55A7E9 #555DE9

triadic

#55A7E9 #E955A7 #A7E955

tetradic

#55A7E9 #E155E9 #E99755 #5DE955

square

#55A7E9 #E155E9 #E99755 #5DE955

split-complementary

#55A7E9 #E9555D #E9E155

monochromatic

#166AAD #1F8BE2 #55A7E9 #8BC3F0 #C1DFF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#55A7E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#55A7E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55A7E9

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A7E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A7E9	1.00	2.60	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AA9EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#769AE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a7e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 167, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.126 245.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92c0f0',
    500: '#55a7e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a7e9;
$custom-light: #92c0f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a7e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.757,
    "s": 77.083,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70491,
    "c": 0.12595,
    "h": 245.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A7E9

secondary

#E8CAB2

accent

#680CD9

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A7E9

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

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