#55B0E4#55B0E4

#55B0E4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.115 H 236.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55B0E4
RGB	rgb(85, 176, 228)
HSL	hsl(202, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(202, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 22.8%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.45, -11.61, -34.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.45, 36.10, 251.23°)
OKLab	oklab(72.28% -0.0635 -0.0958)
OKLCH	oklch(72.28% 0.115 236.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.2699, 38.5800, 79.0771)
Luminance	0.3858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55B0E4 #E48955

analogous

#55E4D1 #55B0E4 #5569E4

triadic

#55B0E4 #E455B0 #B0E455

tetradic

#55B0E4 #D155E4 #E48955 #69E455

square

#55B0E4 #D155E4 #E48955 #69E455

split-complementary

#55B0E4 #E45569 #E4D155

monochromatic

#1A72A4 #2397D9 #55B0E4 #8AC9EC #BFE1F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#55B0E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#55B0E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55B0E4

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55B0E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55B0E4	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98AFE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84A1E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55b0e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 176, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.115 236.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92c7ec',
    500: '#55b0e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55b0e4;
$custom-light: #92c7ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55b0e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.818,
    "s": 72.589,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72281,
    "c": 0.115,
    "h": 236.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55B0E4

secondary

#E5C3B0

accent

#5811D5

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #55B0E4

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

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