#55B3E6#55B3E6

#55B3E6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.115 H 235.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55B3E6
RGB	rgb(85, 179, 230)
HSL	hsl(201, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(201, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 22.2%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.38, -12.60, -33.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.38, 36.09, 249.56°)
OKLab	oklab(73.05% -0.0659 -0.0948)
OKLCH	oklch(73.05% 0.115 235.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.1438, 39.8812, 80.7460)
Luminance	0.3988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55B3E6 #E68855

analogous

#55E6D0 #55B3E6 #556BE6

triadic

#55B3E6 #E655B3 #B3E655

tetradic

#55B3E6 #D055E6 #E68855 #6BE655

square

#55B3E6 #D055E6 #E68855 #6BE655

split-complementary

#55B3E6 #E6556B #E6D055

monochromatic

#1976A8 #219BDD #55B3E6 #8ACBEE #C0E3F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#55B3E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#55B3E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55B3E6

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55B3E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55B3E6	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BB2E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A3E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55b3e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 179, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.115 235.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92c9ee',
    500: '#55b3e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55b3e6;
$custom-light: #92c9ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55b3e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.103,
    "s": 74.359,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73053,
    "c": 0.11548,
    "h": 235.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55B3E6

secondary

#E6C3B1

accent

#550FD6

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #55B3E6

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

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