#55B7DE#55B7DE

#55B7DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.107 H 227.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55B7DE
RGB	rgb(85, 183, 222)
HSL	hsl(197, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(197, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 17.6%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.22, -17.21, -28.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.22, 33.00, 238.56°)
OKLab	oklab(73.62% -0.0729 -0.0786)
OKLCH	oklch(73.62% 0.107 227.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.8594, 41.0688, 75.2357)
Luminance	0.4107 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55B7DE #DE7C55

analogous

#55DEC0 #55B7DE #5573DE

triadic

#55B7DE #DE55B7 #B7DE55

tetradic

#55B7DE #C055DE #DE7C55 #73DE55

square

#55B7DE #C055DE #DE7C55 #73DE55

split-complementary

#55B7DE #DE5573 #DEC055

monochromatic

#1E779B #289FCE #55B7DE #88CDE8 #BCE2F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#55B7DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#55B7DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55B7DE

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55B7DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55B7DE	1.00	2.28	9.21	9.21
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B4E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA5DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55b7de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 183, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.107 227.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91cce8',
    500: '#55b7de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55b7de;
$custom-light: #91cce8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55b7de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.08,
    "s": 67.488,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73619,
    "c": 0.10718,
    "h": 227.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55B7DE

secondary

#E2BCAD

accent

#4B16CF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #55B7DE

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

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