#55B4E1#55B4E1

#55B4E1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.111 H 231.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55B4E1
RGB	rgb(85, 180, 225)
HSL	hsl(199, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(199, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.2%, 20%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.47, -14.70, -30.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.47, 34.26, 244.59°)
OKLab	oklab(73.06% -0.0687 -0.0866)
OKLCH	oklch(73.06% 0.111 231.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.6529, 40.0067, 77.1681)
Luminance	0.4001 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55B4E1 #E18255

analogous

#55E1C8 #55B4E1 #556EE1

triadic

#55B4E1 #E155B4 #B4E155

tetradic

#55B4E1 #C855E1 #E18255 #6EE155

square

#55B4E1 #C855E1 #E18255 #6EE155

split-complementary

#55B4E1 #E1556E #E1C855

monochromatic

#1C759F #259BD3 #55B4E1 #89CBEA #BDE2F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#55B4E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#55B4E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55B4E1

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55B4E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55B4E1	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB2E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA3E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55b4e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 180, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.111 231.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92caea',
    500: '#55b4e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55b4e1;
$custom-light: #92caea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55b4e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.286,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73059,
    "c": 0.11052,
    "h": 231.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55B4E1

secondary

#E3BFAE

accent

#5114D2

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #55B4E1

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

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