#55B2E8#55B2E8

#55B2E8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.118 H 237.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55B2E8
RGB	rgb(85, 178, 232)
HSL	hsl(202, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(202, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 23.3%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.18, -11.43, -35.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.18, 37.03, 252.02°)
OKLab	oklab(72.92% -0.0643 -0.0988)
OKLCH	oklch(72.92% 0.118 237)
XYZ	xyz(34.2266, 39.5948, 82.1671)
Luminance	0.3960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55B2E8 #E88B55

analogous

#55E8D5 #55B2E8 #5568E8

triadic

#55B2E8 #E855B2 #B2E855

tetradic

#55B2E8 #D555E8 #E88B55 #68E855

square

#55B2E8 #D555E8 #E88B55 #68E855

split-complementary

#55B2E8 #E85568 #E8D555

monochromatic

#1775AB #1F9AE1 #55B2E8 #8BCAEF #C1E3F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#55B2E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#55B2E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55B2E8

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55B2E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55B2E8	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99B1EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84A2E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55b2e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 178, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.118 237.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92c9ef',
    500: '#55b2e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55b2e8;
$custom-light: #92c9ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55b2e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.041,
    "s": 76.166,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72917,
    "c": 0.1179,
    "h": 237
  },
  "luminance": 0.39598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55B2E8

secondary

#E7C5B1

accent

#580DD8

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #55B2E8

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

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