#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
RGB	rgb(85, 178, 230)
HSL	hsl(202, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(202, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 22.6%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.10, -12.06, -34.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.10, 36.32, 250.60°)
OKLab	oklab(72.83% -0.0649 -0.0961)
OKLCH	oklch(72.83% 0.116 235.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.9441, 39.4818, 80.6794)
Luminance	0.3948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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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
##55B2E6	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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