#55A8EA#55A8EA

#55A8EA is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.126 H 245.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A8EA
RGB	rgb(85, 168, 234)
HSL	hsl(207, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(207, 64%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 28.2%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.42, -5.30, -40.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.42, 40.96, 262.57°)
OKLab	oklab(70.76% -0.0534 -0.1145)
OKLCH	oklch(70.76% 0.126 245)
XYZ	xyz(32.5947, 35.8738, 83.0325)
Luminance	0.3588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A8EA #EA9755

analogous

#55EAE1 #55A8EA #555EEA

triadic

#55A8EA #EA55A8 #A8EA55

tetradic

#55A8EA #E155EA #EA9755 #5EEA55

square

#55A8EA #E155EA #EA9755 #5EEA55

split-complementary

#55A8EA #EA555E #EAE155

monochromatic

#166BAF #1F8CE3 #55A8EA #8BC4F1 #C2E0F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#55A8EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#55A8EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55A8EA

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A8EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A8EA	1.00	2.57	8.18	8.18
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BAAED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#769BE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a8ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 168, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.126 245.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92c1f1',
    500: '#55a8ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a8ea;
$custom-light: #92c1f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a8ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.577,
    "s": 78.01,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70763,
    "c": 0.12634,
    "h": 245
  },
  "luminance": 0.35877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A8EA

secondary

#E8CAB2

accent

#670BDA

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A8EA

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

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