#55C5F6#55C5F6

#55C5F6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.123 H 230.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#55C5F6
RGBrgb(85, 197, 246)
HSLhsl(198, 90%, 65%)
HSVhsv(198, 65%, 96%)
CMYKcmyk(65.4%, 19.9%, 0%, 3.5%)
CIE-LABlab(75.15, -17.12, -33.56)
CIE-LCHlch(75.15, 37.68, 242.97°)
OKLaboklab(77.85% -0.0786 -0.094)
OKLCHoklch(77.85% 0.123 230.1)
XYZxyz(40.3405, 48.5133, 94.4089)
Luminance0.4852 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#55C5F6 #F68655
analogous
#55F6D7 #55C5F6 #5574F6
triadic
#55C5F6 #F655C5 #C5F655
tetradic
#55C5F6 #D755F6 #F68655 #74F655
square
#55C5F6 #D755F6 #F68655 #74F655
split-complementary
#55C5F6 #F65574 #F6D755
monochromatic
#0A8DC6 #1BB1F3 #55C5F6 #8FD9F9 #C9EDFC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96
#55C5F6 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.70
#55C5F6 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C5F6
10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##55C5F6#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##55C5F61.001.9610.7010.70
#FFFFFF1.961.0021.0021.00
#00000010.7021.001.001.00
##00000010.7021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#ACC2F8
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#96B2F5
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00D3D5
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #55c5f6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 197, 246);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.123 230.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95d6f9',
    500: '#55c5f6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #55c5f6;
$custom-light: #95d6f9;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#55c5f6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 246
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.261,
    "s": 89.944,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77849,
    "c": 0.12254,
    "h": 230.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#55C5F6
secondary
#EFC9B8
accent
#4600E6
background
#F9FDFF
surface
#F2FAFF
border
#CCD3D7
text
#0F1417
muted
#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C5F6

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#55C5F6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva