#55A0F0#55A0F0

#55A0F0 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.140 H 251.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#55A0F0
RGBrgb(85, 160, 240)
HSLhsl(211, 84%, 64%)
HSVhsv(211, 65%, 94%)
CMYKcmyk(64.6%, 33.3%, 0%, 5.9%)
CIE-LABlab(64.45, 1.20, -47.00)
CIE-LCHlch(64.45, 47.01, 271.46°)
OKLaboklab(69.3% -0.0437 -0.1331)
OKLCHoklch(69.3% 0.14 251.8)
XYZxyz(32.0395, 33.3610, 87.1720)
Luminance0.3336 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#55A0F0 #F0A555
analogous
#55EDF0 #55A0F0 #5755F0
triadic
#55A0F0 #F055A0 #A0F055
tetradic
#55A0F0 #F055ED #F0A555 #55F057
square
#55A0F0 #F055ED #F0A555 #55F057
split-complementary
#55A0F0 #F05755 #EDF055
monochromatic
#1063BA #1D81EB #55A0F0 #8DBFF5 #C5DFFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74
#55A0F0 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.67
#55A0F0 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55A0F0
7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##55A0F0#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##55A0F01.002.747.677.67
#FFFFFF2.741.0021.0021.00
#0000007.6721.001.001.00
##0000007.6721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#7DA4F3
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#6896EE
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B3BD
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #55a0f0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 160, 240);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.140 251.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93bbf5',
    500: '#55a0f0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #55a0f0;
$custom-light: #93bbf5;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#55a0f0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 240
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.968,
    "s": 83.784,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69303,
    "c": 0.14013,
    "h": 251.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#55A0F0
secondary
#ECD1B5
accent
#7605E0
background
#F9FBFF
surface
#F2F6FE
border
#CCD0D6
text
#0E1117
muted
#7E8085

Preview Lab

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#55A0F0 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva