#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
RGB	rgb(85, 184, 222)
HSL	hsl(197, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(197, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 17.1%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.51, -17.73, -27.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.51, 32.90, 237.38°)
OKLab	oklab(73.85% -0.074 -0.0773)
OKLCH	oklch(73.85% 0.107 226.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.0664, 41.4827, 75.3047)
Luminance	0.4149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##55B8DE	1.00	2.26	9.30	9.30
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #55B8DE

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

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