#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
RGB	rgb(85, 180, 230)
HSL	hsl(201, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(201, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 21.7%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.67, -13.14, -33.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.67, 35.86, 248.51°)
OKLab	oklab(73.28% -0.067 -0.0935)
OKLCH	oklch(73.28% 0.115 234.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.3450, 40.2835, 80.8131)
Luminance	0.4029 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##55B4E6	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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