#55A9EE#55A9EE

#55A9EE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.130 H 245.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A9EE
RGB	rgb(85, 169, 238)
HSL	hsl(207, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(207, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.3%, 29%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.88, -4.55, -42.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.88, 42.33, 263.82°)
OKLab	oklab(71.18% -0.0532 -0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(71.18% 0.13 245.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.3611, 36.4769, 86.1549)
Luminance	0.3648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A9EE #EE9A55

analogous

#55EEE7 #55A9EE #555CEE

triadic

#55A9EE #EE55A9 #A9EE55

tetradic

#55A9EE #E755EE #EE9A55 #5CEE55

square

#55A9EE #E755EE #EE9A55 #5CEE55

split-complementary

#55A9EE #EE555C #EEE755

monochromatic

#126CB6 #1D8DE8 #55A9EE #8DC5F4 #C4E1F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#55A9EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#55A9EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55A9EE

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A9EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A9EE	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BABF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#769CED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a9ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 169, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.130 245.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93c2f4',
    500: '#55a9ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a9ee;
$custom-light: #93c2f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a9ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.059,
    "s": 81.818,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71184,
    "c": 0.13014,
    "h": 245.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A9EE

secondary

#EBCDB4

accent

#6807DE

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1217

muted

#7E8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A9EE

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

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