#55B6F0#55B6F0

#55B6F0 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.124 H 237.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#55B6F0
RGBrgb(85, 182, 240)
HSLhsl(202, 84%, 64%)
HSVhsv(202, 65%, 94%)
CMYKcmyk(64.6%, 24.2%, 0%, 5.9%)
CIE-LABlab(70.65, -11.05, -37.30)
CIE-LCHlch(70.65, 38.90, 253.49°)
OKLaboklab(74.19% -0.0657 -0.1048)
OKLCHoklch(74.19% 0.124 237.9)
XYZxyz(36.1964, 41.6747, 88.5576)
Luminance0.4168 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#55B6F0 #F08F55
analogous
#55F0DD #55B6F0 #5568F0
triadic
#55B6F0 #F055B6 #B6F055
tetradic
#55B6F0 #DD55F0 #F08F55 #68F055
square
#55B6F0 #DD55F0 #F08F55 #68F055
split-complementary
#55B6F0 #F05568 #F0DD55
monochromatic
#107BBA #1D9EEB #55B6F0 #8DCEF5 #C5E6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25
#55B6F0 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34
#55B6F0 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55B6F0
9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##55B6F0#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##55B6F01.002.259.349.34
#FFFFFF2.251.0021.0021.00
#0000009.3421.001.001.00
##0000009.3421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9BB5F3
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#86A6EF
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C5CA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #55b6f0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 182, 240);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.124 237.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94cbf5',
    500: '#55b6f0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #55b6f0;
$custom-light: #94cbf5;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#55b6f0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 240
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.452,
    "s": 83.784,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74189,
    "c": 0.12368,
    "h": 237.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#55B6F0
secondary
#ECCAB5
accent
#5705E0
background
#F9FCFE
surface
#F2F8FD
border
#CCD1D5
text
#0E1317
muted
#7E8285

Preview Lab

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#55B6F0 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva