#55B6DE#55B6DE

#55B6DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.107 H 228.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55B6DE
RGB	rgb(85, 182, 222)
HSL	hsl(198, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(198, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 18%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.94, -16.68, -28.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.94, 33.11, 239.74°)
OKLab	oklab(73.39% -0.0719 -0.0798)
OKLCH	oklch(73.39% 0.107 228)
XYZ	xyz(33.6539, 40.6577, 75.1672)
Luminance	0.4066 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55B6DE #DE7D55

analogous

#55DEC1 #55B6DE #5572DE

triadic

#55B6DE #DE55B6 #B6DE55

tetradic

#55B6DE #C155DE #DE7D55 #72DE55

square

#55B6DE #C155DE #DE7D55 #72DE55

split-complementary

#55B6DE #DE5572 #DEC155

monochromatic

#1E769B #289DCE #55B6DE #88CCE8 #BCE2F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#55B6DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#55B6DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55B6DE

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55B6DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55B6DE	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B3E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA5DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55b6de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 182, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.107 228.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91cce8',
    500: '#55b6de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55b6de;
$custom-light: #91cce8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55b6de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.518,
    "s": 67.488,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73389,
    "c": 0.10742,
    "h": 228
  },
  "luminance": 0.40661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55B6DE

secondary

#E2BCAD

accent

#4C16CF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #55B6DE

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

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