#55B5E6#55B5E6

#55B5E6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.115 H 233.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#55B5E6
RGBrgb(85, 181, 230)
HSLhsl(200, 74%, 62%)
HSVhsv(200, 63%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(63%, 21.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LABlab(69.96, -13.67, -32.93)
CIE-LCHlch(69.96, 35.65, 247.45°)
OKLaboklab(73.51% -0.068 -0.0922)
OKLCHoklch(73.51% 0.115 233.6)
XYZxyz(34.5476, 40.6887, 80.8806)
Luminance0.4069 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#55B5E6 #E68655
analogous
#55E6CF #55B5E6 #556DE6
triadic
#55B5E6 #E655B5 #B5E655
tetradic
#55B5E6 #CF55E6 #E68655 #6DE655
square
#55B5E6 #CF55E6 #E68655 #6DE655
split-complementary
#55B5E6 #E6556D #E6CF55
monochromatic
#1978A8 #219DDD #55B5E6 #8ACCEE #C0E3F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30
#55B5E6 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14
#55B5E6 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55B5E6
9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##55B5E6#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##55B5E61.002.309.149.14
#FFFFFF2.301.0021.0021.00
#0000009.1421.001.001.00
##0000009.1421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9DB3E8
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#89A4E5
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C2C5
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #55b5e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 181, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.115 233.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92cbee',
    500: '#55b5e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #55b5e6;
$custom-light: #92cbee;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#55b5e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.276,
    "s": 74.359,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73509,
    "c": 0.11459,
    "h": 233.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#55B5E6
secondary
#E6C3B1
accent
#520FD6
background
#F9FCFE
surface
#F2F8FD
border
#CCD1D5
text
#0E1316
muted
#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #55B5E6

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

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#55B5E6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva