#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
RGB	rgb(85, 197, 246)
HSL	hsl(198, 90%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(198, 65%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 19.9%, 0%, 3.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.15, -17.12, -33.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.15, 37.68, 242.97°)
OKLab	oklab(77.85% -0.0786 -0.094)
OKLCH	oklch(77.85% 0.123 230.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.3405, 48.5133, 94.4089)
Luminance	0.4852 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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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
##55C5F6	1.00	1.96	10.70	10.70
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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