#55A7EE#55A7EE

#55A7EE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.132 H 247.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A7EE
RGB	rgb(85, 167, 238)
HSL	hsl(208, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(208, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.3%, 29.8%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.32, -3.43, -42.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.32, 43.10, 265.43°)
OKLab	oklab(70.74% -0.0512 -0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(70.74% 0.132 247.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.9919, 35.7385, 86.0319)
Luminance	0.3574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A7EE #EE9C55

analogous

#55EEE8 #55A7EE #555AEE

triadic

#55A7EE #EE55A7 #A7EE55

tetradic

#55A7EE #E855EE #EE9C55 #5AEE55

square

#55A7EE #E855EE #EE9C55 #5AEE55

split-complementary

#55A7EE #EE555A #EEE855

monochromatic

#126AB6 #1D8AE8 #55A7EE #8DC4F4 #C4E1F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#55A7EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#55A7EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55A7EE

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A7EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A7EE	1.00	2.58	8.15	8.15
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88A9F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#739BED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a7ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 167, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.132 247.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93c0f4',
    500: '#55a7ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a7ee;
$custom-light: #93c0f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a7ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.843,
    "s": 81.818,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7074,
    "c": 0.13171,
    "h": 247.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A7EE

secondary

#EBCDB4

accent

#6B07DE

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1217

muted

#7E8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A7EE

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

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