#55B0E3#55B0E3

#55B0E3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.114 H 235.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55B0E3
RGB	rgb(85, 176, 227)
HSL	hsl(202, 72%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(202, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 22.5%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.41, -11.93, -33.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.41, 35.74, 250.50°)
OKLab	oklab(72.24% -0.0639 -0.0945)
OKLCH	oklch(72.24% 0.114 235.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.1314, 38.5247, 78.3481)
Luminance	0.3853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55B0E3 #E38855

analogous

#55E3CF #55B0E3 #5569E3

triadic

#55B0E3 #E355B0 #B0E355

tetradic

#55B0E3 #CF55E3 #E38855 #69E355

square

#55B0E3 #CF55E3 #E38855 #69E355

split-complementary

#55B0E3 #E35569 #E3CF55

monochromatic

#1B72A3 #2397D7 #55B0E3 #8AC8EC #BEE1F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#55B0E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#55B0E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55B0E3

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55B0E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55B0E3	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98AFE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84A0E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55b0e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 176, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.114 235.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92c7ec',
    500: '#55b0e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55b0e3;
$custom-light: #92c7ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55b0e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.549,
    "s": 71.717,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72236,
    "c": 0.11402,
    "h": 235.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55B0E3

secondary

#E5C2AF

accent

#5712D4

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #55B0E3

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

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