#55ABE8#55ABE8

#55ABE8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.122 H 242.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55ABE8
RGB	rgb(85, 171, 232)
HSL	hsl(205, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(205, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 26.3%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.19, -7.61, -38.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.19, 39.07, 258.77°)
OKLab	oklab(71.34% -0.0571 -0.1078)
OKLCH	oklch(71.34% 0.122 242.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.8692, 36.8800, 81.7146)
Luminance	0.3688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55ABE8 #E89255

analogous

#55E8DC #55ABE8 #5562E8

triadic

#55ABE8 #E855AB #ABE855

tetradic

#55ABE8 #DC55E8 #E89255 #62E855

square

#55ABE8 #DC55E8 #E89255 #62E855

split-complementary

#55ABE8 #E85562 #E8DC55

monochromatic

#176EAB #1F90E1 #55ABE8 #8BC6EF #C1E0F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#55ABE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#55ABE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55ABE8

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55ABE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55ABE8	1.00	2.51	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90ACEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C9DE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55abe8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 171, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.122 242.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92c3ef',
    500: '#55abe8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55abe8;
$custom-light: #92c3ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55abe8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.898,
    "s": 76.166,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71338,
    "c": 0.12202,
    "h": 242.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55ABE8

secondary

#E7C8B1

accent

#610DD8

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #55ABE8

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

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