#55B2DC#55B2DC

#55B2DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.107 H 230.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55B2DC
RGB	rgb(85, 178, 220)
HSL	hsl(199, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(199, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 19.1%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.70, -15.18, -29.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.70, 33.09, 242.68°)
OKLab	oklab(72.38% -0.0684 -0.0821)
OKLCH	oklch(72.38% 0.107 230.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.5799, 38.9361, 73.4947)
Luminance	0.3894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55B2DC #DC7F55

analogous

#55DCC3 #55B2DC #556EDC

triadic

#55B2DC #DC55B2 #B2DC55

tetradic

#55B2DC #C355DC #DC7F55 #6EDC55

square

#55B2DC #C355DC #DC7F55 #6EDC55

split-complementary

#55B2DC #DC556E #DCC355

monochromatic

#1F7297 #2A98CA #55B2DC #88C9E6 #BBE0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#55B2DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#55B2DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55B2DC

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55B2DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55B2DC	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB0DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA1DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55b2dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 178, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.107 230.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c9e7',
    500: '#55b2dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55b2dc;
$custom-light: #91c9e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55b2dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.667,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72383,
    "c": 0.10688,
    "h": 230.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55B2DC

secondary

#E0BDAC

accent

#743FE9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #55B2DC

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

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