#55A8E2#55A8E2

#55A8E2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.117 H 241.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A8E2
RGB	rgb(85, 168, 226)
HSL	hsl(205, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(205, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 25.7%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.08, -7.87, -36.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.08, 37.60, 257.91°)
OKLab	oklab(70.38% -0.0559 -0.1033)
OKLCH	oklch(70.38% 0.118 241.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.4712, 35.4244, 77.1158)
Luminance	0.3543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A8E2 #E28F55

analogous

#55E2D5 #55A8E2 #5561E2

triadic

#55A8E2 #E255A8 #A8E255

tetradic

#55A8E2 #D555E2 #E28F55 #61E255

square

#55A8E2 #D555E2 #E28F55 #61E255

split-complementary

#55A8E2 #E25561 #E2D555

monochromatic

#1B6AA1 #248DD5 #55A8E2 #89C3EB #BEDEF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#55A8E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#55A8E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55A8E2

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A8E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A8E2	1.00	2.60	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA8E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B9AE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a8e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 168, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.117 241.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c1eb',
    500: '#55a8e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a8e2;
$custom-light: #91c1eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a8e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.681,
    "s": 70.854,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70376,
    "c": 0.1175,
    "h": 241.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A8E2

secondary

#E4C5AF

accent

#6213D3

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A8E2

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

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