#55A8E9#55A8E9

#55A8E9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.125 H 244.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A8E9
RGB	rgb(85, 168, 233)
HSL	hsl(206, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(206, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 27.9%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.38, -5.62, -40.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.38, 40.53, 262.03°)
OKLab	oklab(70.71% -0.0537 -0.1131)
OKLCH	oklch(70.71% 0.125 244.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.4514, 35.8165, 82.2781)
Luminance	0.3582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A8E9 #E99655

analogous

#55E9E0 #55A8E9 #555EE9

triadic

#55A8E9 #E955A8 #A8E955

tetradic

#55A8E9 #E055E9 #E99655 #5EE955

square

#55A8E9 #E055E9 #E99655 #5EE955

split-complementary

#55A8E9 #E9555E #E9E055

monochromatic

#166BAD #1F8CE2 #55A8E9 #8BC4F0 #C1DFF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#55A8E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#55A8E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55A8E9

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A8E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A8E9	1.00	2.57	8.16	8.16
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BA9EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#779BE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a8e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 168, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.125 244.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92c1f0',
    500: '#55a8e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a8e9;
$custom-light: #92c1f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a8e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.351,
    "s": 77.083,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70714,
    "c": 0.12521,
    "h": 244.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A8E9

secondary

#E8CAB2

accent

#660CD9

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A8E9

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

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