#55C3F8#55C3F8

#55C3F8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.125 H 232.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C3F8
RGB	rgb(85, 195, 248)
HSL	hsl(200, 92%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(200, 66%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 21.4%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.66, -15.45, -35.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.66, 38.62, 246.42°)
OKLab	oklab(77.48% -0.076 -0.0992)
OKLCH	oklch(77.48% 0.125 232.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.1980, 47.7345, 95.8839)
Luminance	0.4774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C3F8 #F88A55

analogous

#55F8DB #55C3F8 #5572F8

triadic

#55C3F8 #F855C3 #C3F855

tetradic

#55C3F8 #DB55F8 #F88A55 #72F855

square

#55C3F8 #DB55F8 #F88A55 #72F855

split-complementary

#55C3F8 #F85572 #F8DB55

monochromatic

#088BCA #1AAEF6 #55C3F8 #90D8FA #CBECFD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#55C3F8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.55

#55C3F8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C3F8

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C3F8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C3F8	1.00	1.99	10.55	10.55
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9C1FB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92B1F7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c3f8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 195, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.125 232.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95d5fa',
    500: '#55c3f8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c3f8;
$custom-light: #95d5fa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c3f8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.509,
    "s": 92.09,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77484,
    "c": 0.12498,
    "h": 232.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C3F8

secondary

#F0CBB9

accent

#4B00E6

background

#F9FDFF

surface

#F2FAFF

border

#CCD3D7

text

#0F1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C3F8

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

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