#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
RGBrgb(85, 176, 228)
HSLhsl(202, 73%, 61%)
HSVhsv(202, 63%, 89%)
CMYKcmyk(62.7%, 22.8%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LABlab(68.45, -11.61, -34.18)
CIE-LCHlch(68.45, 36.10, 251.23°)
OKLaboklab(72.28% -0.0635 -0.0958)
OKLCHoklch(72.28% 0.115 236.5)
XYZxyz(33.2699, 38.5800, 79.0771)
Luminance0.3858 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

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
##55B0E41.002.418.728.72
#FFFFFF2.411.0021.0021.00
#0000008.7221.001.001.00
##0000008.7221.001.001.00

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

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#55B0E4 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva