#55B0DD#55B0DD

#55B0DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.108 H 232.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55B0DD
RGB	rgb(85, 176, 221)
HSL	hsl(200, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(200, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 20.4%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.17, -13.81, -30.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.17, 33.73, 245.84°)
OKLab	oklab(71.97% -0.0659 -0.0861)
OKLCH	oklch(71.97% 0.108 232.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.3177, 38.1992, 74.0626)
Luminance	0.3820 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55B0DD #DD8255

analogous

#55DDC6 #55B0DD #556CDD

triadic

#55B0DD #DD55B0 #B0DD55

tetradic

#55B0DD #C655DD #DD8255 #6CDD55

square

#55B0DD #C655DD #DD8255 #6CDD55

split-complementary

#55B0DD #DD556C #DDC655

monochromatic

#1F7099 #2996CC #55B0DD #88C8E7 #BBDFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#55B0DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#55B0DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55B0DD

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55B0DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55B0DD	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AAEDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A0DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55b0dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 176, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.108 232.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c7e7',
    500: '#55b0dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55b0dd;
$custom-light: #91c7e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55b0dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.853,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71967,
    "c": 0.10843,
    "h": 232.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55B0DD

secondary

#E1BEAD

accent

#773EEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #55B0DD

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

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