#55B6EE#55B6EE

#55B6EE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.122 H 237.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55B6EE
RGB	rgb(85, 182, 238)
HSL	hsl(202, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(202, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.3%, 23.5%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.56, -11.69, -36.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.56, 38.17, 252.17°)
OKLab	oklab(74.1% -0.0663 -0.102)
OKLCH	oklch(74.1% 0.122 237)
XYZ	xyz(35.9009, 41.5565, 87.0015)
Luminance	0.4156 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55B6EE #EE8D55

analogous

#55EEDA #55B6EE #5569EE

triadic

#55B6EE #EE55B6 #B6EE55

tetradic

#55B6EE #DA55EE #EE8D55 #69EE55

square

#55B6EE #DA55EE #EE8D55 #69EE55

split-complementary

#55B6EE #EE5569 #EEDA55

monochromatic

#127AB6 #1D9EE8 #55B6EE #8DCEF4 #C4E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#55B6EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#55B6EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55B6EE

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55B6EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55B6EE	1.00	2.26	9.31	9.31
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB5F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A6ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55b6ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 182, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.122 237.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93cbf3',
    500: '#55b6ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55b6ee;
$custom-light: #93cbf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55b6ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.961,
    "s": 81.818,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74097,
    "c": 0.1217,
    "h": 237
  },
  "luminance": 0.4156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55B6EE

secondary

#EBC8B4

accent

#5607DE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1317

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #55B6EE

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

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