#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
RGB	rgb(85, 178, 227)
HSL	hsl(201, 72%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(201, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 21.6%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.98, -13.01, -32.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.98, 35.29, 248.37°)
OKLab	oklab(72.69% -0.0659 -0.0919)
OKLCH	oklch(72.69% 0.113 234.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.5265, 39.3147, 78.4798)
Luminance	0.3932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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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
##55B2E3	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #55B2E3

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

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