#55A5FD#55A5FD

#55A5FD is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.151 H 252.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A5FD
RGB	rgb(85, 165, 253)
HSL	hsl(211, 98%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(211, 66%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 34.8%, 0%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.47, 2.67, -50.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.47, 50.99, 273.00°)
OKLab	oklab(71.09% -0.0452 -0.1445)
OKLCH	oklch(71.09% 0.151 252.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.9245, 35.9298, 98.0040)
Luminance	0.3593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A5FD #FDAD55

analogous

#55F9FD #55A5FD #5955FD

triadic

#55A5FD #FD55A5 #A5FD55

tetradic

#55A5FD #FD55F9 #FDAD55 #55FD59

square

#55A5FD #FD55F9 #FDAD55 #55FD59

split-complementary

#55A5FD #FD5955 #F9FD55

monochromatic

#0367D5 #1985FC #55A5FD #91C5FE #CEE5FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#55A5FD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#55A5FD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55A5FD

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A5FD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A5FD	1.00	2.57	8.19	8.19
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7EAAFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#669AFB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a5fd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 165, 253);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.151 252.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95bffe',
    500: '#55a5fd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a5fd;
$custom-light: #95bffe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a5fd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 253
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.429,
    "s": 97.674,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71086,
    "c": 0.15144,
    "h": 252.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A5FD

secondary

#F2D8BB

accent

#7800E6

background

#F9FBFF

surface

#F2F6FF

border

#CCD0D7

text

#0F1218

muted

#7E8186

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A5FD

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

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