#55A4FF#55A4FF

#55A4FF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.155 H 253.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A4FF
RGB	rgb(85, 164, 255)
HSL	hsl(212, 100%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(212, 67%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 35.7%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.29, 3.91, -52.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.29, 52.44, 274.28°)
OKLab	oklab(70.98% -0.0438 -0.1485)
OKLCH	oklch(70.98% 0.155 253.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.0651, 35.6986, 99.6309)
Luminance	0.3570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A4FF #FFB055

analogous

#55F9FF #55A4FF #5B55FF

triadic

#55A4FF #FF55A4 #A4FF55

tetradic

#55A4FF #FF55F9 #FFB055 #55FF5B

square

#55A4FF #FF55F9 #FFB055 #55FF5B

split-complementary

#55A4FF #FF5B55 #F9FF55

monochromatic

#0065DA #1883FF #55A4FF #92C5FF #CFE6FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#55A4FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#55A4FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55A4FF

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A4FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A4FF	1.00	2.58	8.14	8.14
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7BAAFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#639AFD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a4ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 164, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.155 253.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95beff',
    500: '#55a4ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a4ff;
$custom-light: #95beff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a4ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.118,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70979,
    "c": 0.15487,
    "h": 253.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A4FF

secondary

#F3DABD

accent

#7B00E6

background

#F9FBFF

surface

#F2F6FF

border

#CCD0D7

text

#0F1218

muted

#7E8186

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A4FF

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

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