#55B2E0#55B2E0

#55B2E0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.110 H 232.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55B2E0
RGB	rgb(85, 178, 224)
HSL	hsl(200, 69%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(200, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 20.5%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.86, -13.94, -31.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.86, 34.31, 246.02°)
OKLab	oklab(72.56% -0.067 -0.0877)
OKLCH	oklch(72.56% 0.11 232.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.1160, 39.1506, 76.3181)
Luminance	0.3915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55B2E0 #E08355

analogous

#55E0C8 #55B2E0 #556CE0

triadic

#55B2E0 #E055B2 #B2E055

tetradic

#55B2E0 #C855E0 #E08355 #6CE055

square

#55B2E0 #C855E0 #E08355 #6CE055

split-complementary

#55B2E0 #E0556C #E0C855

monochromatic

#1D739E #2699D2 #55B2E0 #89C9E9 #BDE1F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#55B2E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#55B2E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55B2E0

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55B2E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55B2E0	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BB0E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A2DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55b2e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 178, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.110 232.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c9e9',
    500: '#55b2e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55b2e0;
$custom-light: #91c9e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55b2e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.856,
    "s": 69.154,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72558,
    "c": 0.11036,
    "h": 232.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39154
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55B2E0

secondary

#E3BFAE

accent

#5314D1

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #55B2E0

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

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