#55B2E1#55B2E1

#55B2E1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.111 H 233.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55B2E1
RGB	rgb(85, 178, 225)
HSL	hsl(200, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(200, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.2%, 20.9%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.90, -13.63, -31.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.90, 34.63, 246.82°)
OKLab	oklab(72.6% -0.0666 -0.0891)
OKLCH	oklch(72.6% 0.111 233.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.2521, 39.2050, 77.0345)
Luminance	0.3921 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55B2E1 #E18455

analogous

#55E1CA #55B2E1 #556CE1

triadic

#55B2E1 #E155B2 #B2E155

tetradic

#55B2E1 #CA55E1 #E18455 #6CE155

square

#55B2E1 #CA55E1 #E18455 #6CE155

split-complementary

#55B2E1 #E1556C #E1CA55

monochromatic

#1C739F #2599D3 #55B2E1 #89CAEA #BDE1F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#55B2E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#55B2E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55B2E1

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55B2E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55B2E1	1.00	2.38	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BB0E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A2E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55b2e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 178, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.111 233.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92c9ea',
    500: '#55b2e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55b2e1;
$custom-light: #92c9ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55b2e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.143,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72602,
    "c": 0.11127,
    "h": 233.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55B2E1

secondary

#E3C0AE

accent

#5314D2

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #55B2E1

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

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