#55B2E6#55B2E6

#55B2E6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.116 H 235.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#55B2E6
RGBrgb(85, 178, 230)
HSLhsl(202, 74%, 62%)
HSVhsv(202, 63%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(63%, 22.6%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LABlab(69.10, -12.06, -34.26)
CIE-LCHlch(69.10, 36.32, 250.60°)
OKLaboklab(72.83% -0.0649 -0.0961)
OKLCHoklch(72.83% 0.116 235.9)
XYZxyz(33.9441, 39.4818, 80.6794)
Luminance0.3948 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#55B2E6 #E68955
analogous
#55E6D1 #55B2E6 #556AE6
triadic
#55B2E6 #E655B2 #B2E655
tetradic
#55B2E6 #D155E6 #E68955 #6AE655
square
#55B2E6 #D155E6 #E68955 #6AE655
split-complementary
#55B2E6 #E6556A #E6D155
monochromatic
#1975A8 #219ADD #55B2E6 #8ACAEE #C0E2F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36
#55B2E6 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90
#55B2E6 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55B2E6
8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##55B2E6#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##55B2E61.002.368.908.90
#FFFFFF2.361.0021.0021.00
#0000008.9021.001.001.00
##0000008.9021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#99B1E8
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#85A2E5
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C0C3
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #55b2e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 178, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.116 235.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92c9ee',
    500: '#55b2e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #55b2e6;
$custom-light: #92c9ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#55b2e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.517,
    "s": 74.359,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72826,
    "c": 0.11595,
    "h": 235.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#55B2E6
secondary
#E6C4B1
accent
#570FD6
background
#F9FCFE
surface
#F2F8FD
border
#CCD1D5
text
#0E1316
muted
#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #55B2E6

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#55B2E6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva