#55A4E8#55A4E8

#55A4E8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.127 H 246.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A4E8
RGB	rgb(85, 164, 232)
HSL	hsl(208, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(208, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 29.3%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.20, -3.70, -41.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.20, 41.59, 264.89°)
OKLab	oklab(69.77% -0.05 -0.1169)
OKLCH	oklch(69.77% 0.127 246.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.5818, 34.3053, 81.2855)
Luminance	0.3431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A4E8 #E89955

analogous

#55E8E3 #55A4E8 #555BE8

triadic

#55A4E8 #E855A4 #A4E855

tetradic

#55A4E8 #E355E8 #E89955 #5BE855

square

#55A4E8 #E355E8 #E89955 #5BE855

split-complementary

#55A4E8 #E8555B #E8E355

monochromatic

#1767AB #1F87E1 #55A4E8 #8BC1EF #C1DEF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#55A4E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#55A4E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55A4E8

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A4E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A4E8	1.00	2.67	7.86	7.86
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86A6EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7298E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a4e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 164, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.127 246.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92beef',
    500: '#55a4e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a4e8;
$custom-light: #92beef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a4e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.755,
    "s": 76.166,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69773,
    "c": 0.12711,
    "h": 246.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A4E8

secondary

#E7CAB1

accent

#6B0DD8

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A4E8

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

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