#55B2D7#55B2D7

#55B2D7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.103 H 226.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55B2D7
RGB	rgb(85, 178, 215)
HSL	hsl(197, 62%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(197, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 17.2%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.52, -16.72, -26.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.52, 31.71, 238.19°)
OKLab	oklab(72.17% -0.0702 -0.0751)
OKLCH	oklch(72.17% 0.103 226.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.9276, 38.6752, 70.0593)
Luminance	0.3868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55B2D7 #D77A55

analogous

#55D7BB #55B2D7 #5571D7

triadic

#55B2D7 #D755B2 #B2D755

tetradic

#55B2D7 #BB55D7 #D77A55 #71D755

square

#55B2D7 #BB55D7 #D77A55 #71D755

split-complementary

#55B2D7 #D75571 #D7BB55

monochromatic

#227090 #2D97C1 #55B2D7 #87C8E3 #B8DFEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#55B2D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#55B2D7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55B2D7

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55B2D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55B2D7	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)

#9EAFD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA1D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55b2d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 178, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.103 226.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c9e3',
    500: '#55b2d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55b2d7;
$custom-light: #90c9e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55b2d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.077,
    "s": 61.905,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72169,
    "c": 0.10283,
    "h": 226.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55B2D7

secondary

#DEB9AA

accent

#7143E5

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #55B2D7

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

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