#55B0DE#55B0DE

#55B0DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.109 H 233.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55B0DE
RGB	rgb(85, 176, 222)
HSL	hsl(200, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(200, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 20.7%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.21, -13.50, -31.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.21, 34.05, 246.65°)
OKLab	oklab(72.01% -0.0656 -0.0875)
OKLCH	oklch(72.01% 0.109 233.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.4514, 38.2527, 74.7664)
Luminance	0.3826 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55B0DE #DE8355

analogous

#55DEC8 #55B0DE #556BDE

triadic

#55B0DE #DE55B0 #B0DE55

tetradic

#55B0DE #C855DE #DE8355 #6BDE55

square

#55B0DE #C855DE #DE8355 #6BDE55

split-complementary

#55B0DE #DE556B #DEC855

monochromatic

#1E719B #2896CE #55B0DE #88C8E8 #BCE0F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#55B0DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#55B0DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55B0DE

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55B0DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55B0DE	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AAEE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A0DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55b0de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 176, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.109 233.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c7e8',
    500: '#55b0de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55b0de;
$custom-light: #91c7e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55b0de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.146,
    "s": 67.488,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72011,
    "c": 0.10934,
    "h": 233.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55B0DE

secondary

#E2BFAD

accent

#5416CF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #55B0DE

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

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