#55C8FF#55C8FF

#55C8FF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.129 H 232.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C8FF
RGB	rgb(85, 200, 255)
HSL	hsl(199, 100%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(199, 67%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 21.6%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.35, -15.88, -36.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.35, 39.83, 246.51°)
OKLab	oklab(78.92% -0.0785 -0.1025)
OKLCH	oklch(78.92% 0.129 232.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.4435, 50.4552, 102.0903)
Luminance	0.5046 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C8FF #FF8C55

analogous

#55FFE1 #55C8FF #5573FF

triadic

#55C8FF #FF55C8 #C8FF55

tetradic

#55C8FF #E155FF #FF8C55 #73FF55

square

#55C8FF #E155FF #FF8C55 #73FF55

split-complementary

#55C8FF #FF5573 #FFE155

monochromatic

#0093DA #18B4FF #55C8FF #92DCFF #CFF0FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#55C8FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.09

#55C8FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C8FF

11.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C8FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C8FF	1.00	1.89	11.09	11.09
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADC6FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95B5FE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c8ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 200, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.129 232.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96d8ff',
    500: '#55c8ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c8ff;
$custom-light: #96d8ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c8ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.412,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78921,
    "c": 0.12909,
    "h": 232.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C8FF

secondary

#D35D25

accent

#4A00E6

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FBFF

border

#CFD4D7

text

#0F1418

muted

#808386

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C8FF

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

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