#55B0E6#55B0E6

#55B0E6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.117 H 237.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55B0E6
RGB	rgb(85, 176, 230)
HSL	hsl(202, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(202, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 23.5%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.53, -10.98, -35.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.53, 36.82, 252.65°)
OKLab	oklab(72.37% -0.0629 -0.0986)
OKLCH	oklch(72.37% 0.117 237.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.5491, 38.6917, 80.5478)
Luminance	0.3870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55B0E6 #E68B55

analogous

#55E6D4 #55B0E6 #5568E6

triadic

#55B0E6 #E655B0 #B0E655

tetradic

#55B0E6 #D455E6 #E68B55 #68E655

square

#55B0E6 #D455E6 #E68B55 #68E655

split-complementary

#55B0E6 #E65568 #E6D455

monochromatic

#1973A8 #2197DD #55B0E6 #8AC9EE #C0E2F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#55B0E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#55B0E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55B0E6

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55B0E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55B0E6	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97AFE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83A1E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55b0e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 176, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.117 237.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92c7ee',
    500: '#55b0e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55b0e6;
$custom-light: #92c7ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55b0e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.345,
    "s": 74.359,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72372,
    "c": 0.11696,
    "h": 237.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55B0E6

secondary

#E6C5B1

accent

#590FD6

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #55B0E6

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

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