#55B4E3#55B4E3

#55B4E3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.112 H 232.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55B4E3
RGB	rgb(85, 180, 227)
HSL	hsl(200, 72%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(200, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 20.7%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.55, -14.08, -31.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.55, 34.88, 246.20°)
OKLab	oklab(73.15% -0.068 -0.0893)
OKLCH	oklch(73.15% 0.112 232.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.9273, 40.1164, 78.6134)
Luminance	0.4012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55B4E3 #E38455

analogous

#55E3CB #55B4E3 #556DE3

triadic

#55B4E3 #E355B4 #B4E355

tetradic

#55B4E3 #CB55E3 #E38455 #6DE355

square

#55B4E3 #CB55E3 #E38455 #6DE355

split-complementary

#55B4E3 #E3556D #E3CB55

monochromatic

#1B76A3 #239CD7 #55B4E3 #8ACBEC #BEE2F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#55B4E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#55B4E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55B4E3

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55B4E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55B4E3	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB2E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A4E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55b4e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 180, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.112 232.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92caec',
    500: '#55b4e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55b4e3;
$custom-light: #92caec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55b4e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.859,
    "s": 71.717,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73147,
    "c": 0.11228,
    "h": 232.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55B4E3

secondary

#E5C1AF

accent

#5212D4

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #55B4E3

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

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