#55B4E2#55B4E2

#55B4E2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.111 H 232.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55B4E2
RGB	rgb(85, 180, 226)
HSL	hsl(200, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(200, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 20.4%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.51, -14.39, -31.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.51, 34.57, 245.40°)
OKLab	oklab(73.1% -0.0684 -0.0879)
OKLCH	oklch(73.1% 0.111 232.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.7897, 40.0614, 77.8886)
Luminance	0.4007 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55B4E2 #E28355

analogous

#55E2C9 #55B4E2 #556DE2

triadic

#55B4E2 #E255B4 #B4E255

tetradic

#55B4E2 #C955E2 #E28355 #6DE255

square

#55B4E2 #C955E2 #E28355 #6DE255

split-complementary

#55B4E2 #E2556D #E2C955

monochromatic

#1B76A1 #249CD5 #55B4E2 #89CBEB #BEE2F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#55B4E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#55B4E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55B4E2

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55B4E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55B4E2	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB2E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA3E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55b4e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 180, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.111 232.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92caeb',
    500: '#55b4e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55b4e2;
$custom-light: #92caeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55b4e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.574,
    "s": 70.854,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73103,
    "c": 0.11139,
    "h": 232.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55B4E2

secondary

#E4C0AF

accent

#5113D3

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #55B4E2

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

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