#55B2E4#55B2E4

#55B2E4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.114 H 234.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55B2E4
RGB	rgb(85, 178, 228)
HSL	hsl(201, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(201, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 21.9%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.02, -12.69, -33.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.02, 35.63, 249.13°)
OKLab	oklab(72.74% -0.0656 -0.0933)
OKLCH	oklch(72.74% 0.114 234.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.6649, 39.3701, 79.2088)
Luminance	0.3937 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55B2E4 #E48755

analogous

#55E4CF #55B2E4 #556BE4

triadic

#55B2E4 #E455B2 #B2E455

tetradic

#55B2E4 #CF55E4 #E48755 #6BE455

square

#55B2E4 #CF55E4 #E48755 #6BE455

split-complementary

#55B2E4 #E4556B #E4CF55

monochromatic

#1A74A4 #2399D9 #55B2E4 #8ACAEC #BFE2F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#55B2E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#55B2E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55B2E4

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55B2E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55B2E4	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AB1E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86A2E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55b2e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 178, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.114 234.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92c9ec',
    500: '#55b2e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55b2e4;
$custom-light: #92c9ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55b2e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.979,
    "s": 72.589,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72736,
    "c": 0.11405,
    "h": 234.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55B2E4

secondary

#E5C2B0

accent

#5511D5

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #55B2E4

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

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