#55A8ED#55A8ED

#55A8ED is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.130 H 246.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A8ED
RGB	rgb(85, 168, 237)
HSL	hsl(207, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(207, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 29.1%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.56, -4.32, -42.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.56, 42.27, 264.13°)
OKLab	oklab(70.91% -0.0525 -0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(70.91% 0.13 246.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.0293, 36.0477, 85.3216)
Luminance	0.3605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#55A8ED #ED9A55

analogous

#55EDE6 #55A8ED #555CED

triadic

#55A8ED #ED55A8 #A8ED55

tetradic

#55A8ED #E655ED #ED9A55 #5CED55

square

#55A8ED #E655ED #ED9A55 #5CED55

split-complementary

#55A8ED #ED555C #EDE655

monochromatic

#136BB4 #1E8CE7 #55A8ED #8CC4F3 #C4E1F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#55A8ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#55A8ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55A8ED

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A8ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A8ED	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AAAF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#759BEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a8ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 168, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.130 246.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93c1f3',
    500: '#55a8ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a8ed;
$custom-light: #93c1f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a8ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.237,
    "s": 80.851,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70912,
    "c": 0.12976,
    "h": 246.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A8ED

secondary

#EACCB4

accent

#6908DD

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1217

muted

#7E8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A8ED

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

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