#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
RGB	rgb(85, 183, 229)
HSL	hsl(199, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(199, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 20.1%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.49, -15.05, -31.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.49, 34.96, 244.50°)
OKLab	oklab(73.92% -0.0704 -0.0883)
OKLCH	oklch(73.92% 0.113 231.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.8171, 41.4519, 80.2797)
Luminance	0.4145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##55B7E5	1.00	2.26	9.29	9.29
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #55B7E5

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

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