#55C5F8#55C5F8

#55C5F8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.124 H 231.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C5F8
RGB	rgb(85, 197, 248)
HSL	hsl(199, 92%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(199, 66%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 20.6%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.22, -16.50, -34.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.22, 38.26, 244.45°)
OKLab	oklab(77.94% -0.0779 -0.0967)
OKLCH	oklch(77.94% 0.124 231.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.6492, 48.6368, 96.0343)
Luminance	0.4864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C5F8 #F88855

analogous

#55F8D9 #55C5F8 #5573F8

triadic

#55C5F8 #F855C5 #C5F855

tetradic

#55C5F8 #D955F8 #F88855 #73F855

square

#55C5F8 #D955F8 #F88855 #73F855

split-complementary

#55C5F8 #F85573 #F8D955

monochromatic

#088ECA #1AB1F6 #55C5F8 #90D9FA #CBEDFD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#55C5F8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.73

#55C5F8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C5F8

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C5F8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C5F8	1.00	1.96	10.73	10.73
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABC2FA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95B2F7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c5f8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 197, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.124 231.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95d6fa',
    500: '#55c5f8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c5f8;
$custom-light: #95d6fa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c5f8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.773,
    "s": 92.09,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77936,
    "c": 0.12422,
    "h": 231.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C5F8

secondary

#F0CAB9

accent

#4800E6

background

#F9FDFF

surface

#F2FAFF

border

#CCD3D7

text

#0F1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C5F8

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

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