#55C3F0#55C3F0

#55C3F0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.118 H 228.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C3F0
RGB	rgb(85, 195, 240)
HSL	hsl(197, 84%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(197, 65%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 18.8%, 0%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.35, -17.94, -31.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.35, 36.31, 240.39°)
OKLab	oklab(77.14% -0.0787 -0.0883)
OKLCH	oklch(77.14% 0.118 228.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.9834, 47.2487, 89.4866)
Luminance	0.4725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C3F0 #F08255

analogous

#55F0CF #55C3F0 #5575F0

triadic

#55C3F0 #F055C3 #C3F055

tetradic

#55C3F0 #CF55F0 #F08255 #75F055

square

#55C3F0 #CF55F0 #F08255 #75F055

split-complementary

#55C3F0 #F05575 #F0CF55

monochromatic

#1089BA #1DAFEB #55C3F0 #8DD7F5 #C5EBFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#55C3F0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.45

#55C3F0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C3F0

10.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C3F0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C3F0	1.00	2.01	10.45	10.45
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABC0F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96B0EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c3f0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 195, 240);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.118 228.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d5f5',
    500: '#55c3f0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c3f0;
$custom-light: #94d5f5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c3f0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 240
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.419,
    "s": 83.784,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77136,
    "c": 0.11829,
    "h": 228.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C3F0

secondary

#ECC5B5

accent

#4505E0

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C3F0

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

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