#55B2E3#55B2E3

#55B2E3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.113 H 234.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#55B2E3
RGBrgb(85, 178, 227)
HSLhsl(201, 72%, 61%)
HSVhsv(201, 63%, 89%)
CMYKcmyk(62.6%, 21.6%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LABlab(68.98, -13.01, -32.81)
CIE-LCHlch(68.98, 35.29, 248.37°)
OKLaboklab(72.69% -0.0659 -0.0919)
OKLCHoklch(72.69% 0.113 234.3)
XYZxyz(33.5265, 39.3147, 78.4798)
Luminance0.3932 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#55B2E3 #E38655
analogous
#55E3CD #55B2E3 #556BE3
triadic
#55B2E3 #E355B2 #B2E355
tetradic
#55B2E3 #CD55E3 #E38655 #6BE355
square
#55B2E3 #CD55E3 #E38655 #6BE355
split-complementary
#55B2E3 #E3556B #E3CD55
monochromatic
#1B74A3 #2399D7 #55B2E3 #8ACAEC #BEE2F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37
#55B2E3 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86
#55B2E3 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55B2E3
8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##55B2E3#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##55B2E31.002.378.868.86
#FFFFFF2.371.0021.0021.00
#0000008.8621.001.001.00
##0000008.8621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9AB0E5
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#87A2E2
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00BFC2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #55b2e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 178, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.113 234.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92c9ec',
    500: '#55b2e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #55b2e3;
$custom-light: #92c9ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#55b2e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.704,
    "s": 71.717,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72691,
    "c": 0.1131,
    "h": 234.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#55B2E3
secondary
#E5C2AF
accent
#5512D4
background
#F9FCFE
surface
#F2F8FD
border
#CCD1D5
text
#0E1316
muted
#7E8284

Preview Lab

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#55B2E3 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva