#55CAF7#55CAF7

#55CAF7 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.122 H 226.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CAF7
RGB	rgb(85, 202, 247)
HSL	hsl(197, 91%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(197, 66%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 18.2%, 0%, 3.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.61, -19.40, -31.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.61, 37.29, 238.65°)
OKLab	oklab(79.03% -0.0832 -0.089)
OKLCH	oklch(79.03% 0.122 226.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.6486, 50.8833, 95.6042)
Luminance	0.5089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CAF7 #F78255

analogous

#55F7D3 #55CAF7 #5579F7

triadic

#55CAF7 #F755CA #CAF755

tetradic

#55CAF7 #D355F7 #F78255 #79F755

square

#55CAF7 #D355F7 #F78255 #79F755

split-complementary

#55CAF7 #F75579 #F7D355

monochromatic

#0993C8 #1BB8F4 #55CAF7 #8FDCFA #CAEEFD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#55CAF7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.18

#55CAF7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CAF7

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CAF7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CAF7	1.00	1.88	11.18	11.18
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2C6F9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BB6F6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55caf7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 202, 247);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.122 226.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95dafa',
    500: '#55caf7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55caf7;
$custom-light: #95dafa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55caf7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 247
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.667,
    "s": 91.011,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79028,
    "c": 0.12189,
    "h": 226.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CAF7

secondary

#C5562C

accent

#4000E6

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FBFF

border

#CFD4D7

text

#0F1417

muted

#808385

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CAF7

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

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