#55B4E6#55B4E6

#55B4E6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.115 H 234.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#55B4E6
RGBrgb(85, 180, 230)
HSLhsl(201, 74%, 62%)
HSVhsv(201, 63%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(63%, 21.7%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LABlab(69.67, -13.14, -33.37)
CIE-LCHlch(69.67, 35.86, 248.51°)
OKLaboklab(73.28% -0.067 -0.0935)
OKLCHoklch(73.28% 0.115 234.4)
XYZxyz(34.3450, 40.2835, 80.8131)
Luminance0.4029 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#55B4E6 #E68755
analogous
#55E6D0 #55B4E6 #556CE6
triadic
#55B4E6 #E655B4 #B4E655
tetradic
#55B4E6 #D055E6 #E68755 #6CE655
square
#55B4E6 #D055E6 #E68755 #6CE655
split-complementary
#55B4E6 #E6556C #E6D055
monochromatic
#1977A8 #219CDD #55B4E6 #8ACCEE #C0E3F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32
#55B4E6 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06
#55B4E6 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55B4E6
9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##55B4E6#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##55B4E61.002.329.069.06
#FFFFFF2.321.0021.0021.00
#0000009.0621.001.001.00
##0000009.0621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9CB2E8
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#88A4E5
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C1C5
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #55b4e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 180, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.115 234.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92caee',
    500: '#55b4e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #55b4e6;
$custom-light: #92caee;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#55b4e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.69,
    "s": 74.359,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73281,
    "c": 0.11502,
    "h": 234.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#55B4E6
secondary
#E6C3B1
accent
#540FD6
background
#F9FCFE
surface
#F2F8FD
border
#CCD1D5
text
#0E1316
muted
#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #55B4E6

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#55B4E6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva