#55C8F8#55C8F8

#55C8F8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.123 H 229.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C8F8
RGB	rgb(85, 200, 248)
HSL	hsl(198, 92%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(198, 66%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 19.4%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.08, -18.06, -33.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.08, 37.79, 241.46°)
OKLab	oklab(78.62% -0.0809 -0.0929)
OKLCH	oklch(78.62% 0.123 229)
XYZ	xyz(41.3371, 50.0127, 96.2636)
Luminance	0.5002 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C8F8 #F88555

analogous

#55F8D7 #55C8F8 #5576F8

triadic

#55C8F8 #F855C8 #C8F855

tetradic

#55C8F8 #D755F8 #F88555 #76F855

square

#55C8F8 #D755F8 #F88555 #76F855

split-complementary

#55C8F8 #F85576 #F8D755

monochromatic

#0891CA #1AB5F6 #55C8F8 #90DBFA #CBEEFD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#55C8F8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.00

#55C8F8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C8F8

11.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C8F8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C8F8	1.00	1.91	11.00	11.00
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFC5FA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99B4F7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c8f8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 200, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.123 229.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95d8fa',
    500: '#55c8f8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c8f8;
$custom-light: #95d8fa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c8f8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.669,
    "s": 92.09,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78616,
    "c": 0.12321,
    "h": 229
  },
  "luminance": 0.50017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C8F8

secondary

#C6592B

accent

#4400E6

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FBFF

border

#CFD4D7

text

#0F1417

muted

#808385

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C8F8

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

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