#55B2DE#55B2DE

#55B2DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.109 H 231.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55B2DE
RGB	rgb(85, 178, 222)
HSL	hsl(199, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(199, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 19.8%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.78, -14.56, -30.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.78, 33.69, 244.38°)
OKLab	oklab(72.47% -0.0677 -0.0849)
OKLCH	oklch(72.47% 0.109 231.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.8464, 39.0427, 74.8981)
Luminance	0.3905 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55B2DE #DE8155

analogous

#55DEC5 #55B2DE #556DDE

triadic

#55B2DE #DE55B2 #B2DE55

tetradic

#55B2DE #C555DE #DE8155 #6DDE55

square

#55B2DE #C555DE #DE8155 #6DDE55

split-complementary

#55B2DE #DE556D #DEC555

monochromatic

#1E739B #2899CE #55B2DE #88C9E8 #BCE0F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#55B2DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#55B2DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55B2DE

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55B2DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55B2DE	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB0E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A2DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55b2de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 178, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.109 231.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c9e8',
    500: '#55b2de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55b2de;
$custom-light: #91c9e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55b2de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.27,
    "s": 67.488,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7247,
    "c": 0.10859,
    "h": 231.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55B2DE

secondary

#E2BEAD

accent

#5216CF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #55B2DE

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

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