#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
RGB	rgb(85, 181, 230)
HSL	hsl(200, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(200, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 21.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.96, -13.67, -32.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.96, 35.65, 247.45°)
OKLab	oklab(73.51% -0.068 -0.0922)
OKLCH	oklch(73.51% 0.115 233.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.5476, 40.6887, 80.8806)
Luminance	0.4069 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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
##55B5E6	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

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.

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →