#55A8FF#55A8FF

#55A8FF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.151 H 251.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A8FF
RGB	rgb(85, 168, 255)
HSL	hsl(211, 100%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(211, 67%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 34.1%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.39, 1.62, -50.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.39, 50.57, 271.84°)
OKLab	oklab(71.84% -0.0476 -0.1434)
OKLCH	oklch(71.84% 0.151 251.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.7923, 37.1528, 99.8733)
Luminance	0.3716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A8FF #FFAC55

analogous

#55FDFF #55A8FF #5755FF

triadic

#55A8FF #FF55A8 #A8FF55

tetradic

#55A8FF #FF55FD #FFAC55 #55FF57

square

#55A8FF #FF55FD #FFAC55 #55FF57

split-complementary

#55A8FF #FF5755 #FDFF55

monochromatic

#006ADA #1889FF #55A8FF #92C7FF #CFE7FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#55A8FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#55A8FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55A8FF

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A8FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A8FF	1.00	2.49	8.43	8.43
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81ADFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#699DFD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a8ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 168, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.151 251.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95c1ff',
    500: '#55a8ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a8ff;
$custom-light: #95c1ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a8ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.706,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71842,
    "c": 0.15109,
    "h": 251.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A8FF

secondary

#F3D9BD

accent

#7500E6

background

#F9FBFF

surface

#F2F7FF

border

#CCD0D7

text

#0F1218

muted

#7E8186

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A8FF

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

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