#55B2DF#55B2DF

#55B2DF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.109 H 232.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55B2DF
RGB	rgb(85, 178, 223)
HSL	hsl(200, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(200, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 20.2%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.82, -14.25, -30.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.82, 33.99, 245.21°)
OKLab	oklab(72.51% -0.0673 -0.0863)
OKLCH	oklch(72.51% 0.109 232)
XYZ	xyz(32.9808, 39.0965, 75.6060)
Luminance	0.3910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55B2DF #DF8255

analogous

#55DFC7 #55B2DF #556DDF

triadic

#55B2DF #DF55B2 #B2DF55

tetradic

#55B2DF #C755DF #DF8255 #6DDF55

square

#55B2DF #C755DF #DF8255 #6DDF55

split-complementary

#55B2DF #DF556D #DFC755

monochromatic

#1D739C #2799D0 #55B2DF #89C9E9 #BCE1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#55B2DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#55B2DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55B2DF

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55B2DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55B2DF	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB0E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A2DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55b2df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 178, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.109 232.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c9e9',
    500: '#55b2df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55b2df;
$custom-light: #91c9e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55b2df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.565,
    "s": 68.317,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72514,
    "c": 0.10947,
    "h": 232
  },
  "luminance": 0.391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55B2DF

secondary

#E2BFAE

accent

#5215D0

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #55B2DF

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

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