#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
RGBrgb(85, 176, 227)
HSLhsl(202, 72%, 61%)
HSVhsv(202, 63%, 89%)
CMYKcmyk(62.6%, 22.5%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LABlab(68.41, -11.93, -33.69)
CIE-LCHlch(68.41, 35.74, 250.50°)
OKLaboklab(72.24% -0.0639 -0.0945)
OKLCHoklch(72.24% 0.114 235.9)
XYZxyz(33.1314, 38.5247, 78.3481)
Luminance0.3853 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

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
##55B0E31.002.418.718.71
#FFFFFF2.411.0021.0021.00
#0000008.7121.001.001.00
##0000008.7121.001.001.00

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

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#55B0E3 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva