#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
RGBrgb(85, 182, 230)
HSLhsl(200, 74%, 62%)
HSVhsv(200, 63%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(63%, 20.9%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LABlab(70.24, -14.21, -32.49)
CIE-LCHlch(70.24, 35.46, 246.38°)
OKLaboklab(73.74% -0.069 -0.091)
OKLCHoklch(73.74% 0.114 232.8)
XYZxyz(34.7516, 41.0968, 80.9486)
Luminance0.4110 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##55B6E61.002.289.229.22
#FFFFFF2.281.0021.0021.00
#0000009.2221.001.001.00
##0000009.2221.001.001.00

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

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#55B6E6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva