#55B8DE#55B8DE

#55B8DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.107 H 226.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#55B8DE
RGBrgb(85, 184, 222)
HSLhsl(197, 67%, 60%)
HSVhsv(197, 62%, 87%)
CMYKcmyk(61.7%, 17.1%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LABlab(70.51, -17.73, -27.71)
CIE-LCHlch(70.51, 32.90, 237.38°)
OKLaboklab(73.85% -0.074 -0.0773)
OKLCHoklch(73.85% 0.107 226.3)
XYZxyz(34.0664, 41.4827, 75.3047)
Luminance0.4149 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#55B8DE #DE7B55
analogous
#55DEBF #55B8DE #5574DE
triadic
#55B8DE #DE55B8 #B8DE55
tetradic
#55B8DE #BF55DE #DE7B55 #74DE55
square
#55B8DE #BF55DE #DE7B55 #74DE55
split-complementary
#55B8DE #DE5574 #DEBF55
monochromatic
#1E789B #28A0CE #55B8DE #88CDE8 #BCE3F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26
#55B8DE on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30
#55B8DE on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55B8DE
9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##55B8DE#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##55B8DE1.002.269.309.30
#FFFFFF2.261.0021.0021.00
#0000009.3021.001.001.00
##0000009.3021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A3B5E0
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#90A6DE
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C3C4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #55b8de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 184, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.107 226.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92cde8',
    500: '#55b8de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #55b8de;
$custom-light: #92cde8;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#55b8de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.642,
    "s": 67.488,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7385,
    "c": 0.10698,
    "h": 226.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#55B8DE
secondary
#E2BCAD
accent
#4916CF
background
#F9FCFE
surface
#F2F9FC
border
#CCD2D5
text
#0E1316
muted
#7E8284

Preview Lab

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#55B8DE Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva