#55B6E6#55B6E6

#55B6E6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.114 H 232.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55B6E6
RGB	rgb(85, 182, 230)
HSL	hsl(200, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(200, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 20.9%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.24, -14.21, -32.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.24, 35.46, 246.38°)
OKLab	oklab(73.74% -0.069 -0.091)
OKLCH	oklch(73.74% 0.114 232.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.7516, 41.0968, 80.9486)
Luminance	0.4110 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55B6E6 #E68555

analogous

#55E6CE #55B6E6 #556EE6

triadic

#55B6E6 #E655B6 #B6E655

tetradic

#55B6E6 #CE55E6 #E68555 #6EE655

square

#55B6E6 #CE55E6 #E68555 #6EE655

split-complementary

#55B6E6 #E6556E #E6CE55

monochromatic

#1978A8 #219FDD #55B6E6 #8ACDEE #C0E4F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#55B6E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#55B6E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55B6E6

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55B6E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55B6E6	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB4E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA5E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55b6e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 182, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.114 232.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92cbee',
    500: '#55b6e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55b6e6;
$custom-light: #92cbee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55b6e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.862,
    "s": 74.359,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73737,
    "c": 0.11419,
    "h": 232.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55B6E6

secondary

#E6C2B1

accent

#510FD6

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #55B6E6

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

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