#55B7E5#55B7E5

#55B7E5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.113 H 231.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#55B7E5
RGBrgb(85, 183, 229)
HSLhsl(199, 73%, 62%)
HSVhsv(199, 63%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(62.9%, 20.1%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LABlab(70.49, -15.05, -31.56)
CIE-LCHlch(70.49, 34.96, 244.50°)
OKLaboklab(73.92% -0.0704 -0.0883)
OKLCHoklch(73.92% 0.113 231.4)
XYZxyz(34.8171, 41.4519, 80.2797)
Luminance0.4145 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#55B7E5 #E58355
analogous
#55E5CB #55B7E5 #556FE5
triadic
#55B7E5 #E555B7 #B7E555
tetradic
#55B7E5 #CB55E5 #E58355 #6FE555
square
#55B7E5 #CB55E5 #E58355 #6FE555
split-complementary
#55B7E5 #E5556F #E5CB55
monochromatic
#1979A6 #22A0DB #55B7E5 #8ACDED #BFE4F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26
#55B7E5 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29
#55B7E5 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55B7E5
9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##55B7E5#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##55B7E51.002.269.299.29
#FFFFFF2.261.0021.0021.00
#0000009.2921.001.001.00
##0000009.2921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A0B5E7
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8CA6E4
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C4C6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #55b7e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 183, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.113 231.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92cced',
    500: '#55b7e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #55b7e5;
$custom-light: #92cced;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#55b7e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.167,
    "s": 73.469,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73921,
    "c": 0.11293,
    "h": 231.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#55B7E5
secondary
#E6C1B0
accent
#4F10D6
background
#F9FCFE
surface
#F2F8FD
border
#CCD1D5
text
#0E1316
muted
#7E8284

Preview Lab

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#55B7E5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva