#55A8EE#55A8EE

#55A8EE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.131 H 246.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A8EE
RGB	rgb(85, 168, 238)
HSL	hsl(207, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(207, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.3%, 29.4%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.60, -3.99, -42.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.60, 42.71, 264.63°)
OKLab	oklab(70.96% -0.0522 -0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(70.96% 0.131 246.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.1758, 36.1063, 86.0932)
Luminance	0.3611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A8EE #EE9B55

analogous

#55EEE7 #55A8EE #555BEE

triadic

#55A8EE #EE55A8 #A8EE55

tetradic

#55A8EE #E755EE #EE9B55 #5BEE55

square

#55A8EE #E755EE #EE9B55 #5BEE55

split-complementary

#55A8EE #EE555B #EEE755

monochromatic

#126BB6 #1D8CE8 #55A8EE #8DC4F4 #C4E1F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#55A8EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#55A8EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55A8EE

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A8EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A8EE	1.00	2.55	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89AAF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#749BED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a8ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 168, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.131 246.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93c1f4',
    500: '#55a8ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a8ee;
$custom-light: #93c1f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a8ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.451,
    "s": 81.818,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70962,
    "c": 0.13091,
    "h": 246.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A8EE

secondary

#EBCDB4

accent

#6A07DE

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1217

muted

#7E8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A8EE

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

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