#55B0E8#55B0E8

#55B0E8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.119 H 238.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55B0E8
RGB	rgb(85, 176, 232)
HSL	hsl(203, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(203, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 24.1%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.61, -10.35, -36.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.61, 37.56, 254.01°)
OKLab	oklab(72.47% -0.0622 -0.1014)
OKLCH	oklch(72.47% 0.119 238.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.8316, 38.8047, 82.0354)
Luminance	0.3881 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55B0E8 #E88D55

analogous

#55E8D6 #55B0E8 #5567E8

triadic

#55B0E8 #E855B0 #B0E855

tetradic

#55B0E8 #D655E8 #E88D55 #67E855

square

#55B0E8 #D655E8 #E88D55 #67E855

split-complementary

#55B0E8 #E85567 #E8D655

monochromatic

#1773AB #1F97E1 #55B0E8 #8BC9EF #C1E2F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#55B0E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#55B0E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55B0E8

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55B0E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55B0E8	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96B0EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82A1E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55b0e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 176, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.119 238.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92c7ef',
    500: '#55b0e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55b0e8;
$custom-light: #92c7ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55b0e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.857,
    "s": 76.166,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72465,
    "c": 0.11897,
    "h": 238.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55B0E8

secondary

#E7C6B1

accent

#5B0DD8

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #55B0E8

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

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