#55A8EF#55A8EF

#55A8EF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.132 H 246.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A8EF
RGB	rgb(85, 168, 239)
HSL	hsl(208, 83%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(208, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 29.7%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.65, -3.67, -43.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.65, 43.16, 265.12°)
OKLab	oklab(71.01% -0.0519 -0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(71.01% 0.132 246.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.3231, 36.1652, 86.8690)
Luminance	0.3617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A8EF #EF9C55

analogous

#55EFE9 #55A8EF #555BEF

triadic

#55A8EF #EF55A8 #A8EF55

tetradic

#55A8EF #E955EF #EF9C55 #5BEF55

square

#55A8EF #E955EF #EF9C55 #5BEF55

split-complementary

#55A8EF #EF555B #EFE955

monochromatic

#116BB8 #1D8BEA #55A8EF #8DC5F4 #C5E1FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#55A8EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#55A8EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55A8EF

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A8EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A8EF	1.00	2.55	8.23	8.23
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89AAF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#749BEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a8ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 168, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.132 246.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93c1f4',
    500: '#55a8ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a8ef;
$custom-light: #93c1f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a8ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.662,
    "s": 82.796,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71012,
    "c": 0.13207,
    "h": 246.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A8EF

secondary

#EBCEB5

accent

#6A06DF

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1217

muted

#7E8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A8EF

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

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