#55CAFF#55CAFF

#55CAFF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.128 H 231.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CAFF
RGB	rgb(85, 202, 255)
HSL	hsl(199, 100%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(199, 67%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 20.8%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.91, -16.92, -35.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.91, 39.47, 244.61°)
OKLab	oklab(79.37% -0.0804 -0.1)
OKLCH	oklch(79.37% 0.128 231.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.9097, 51.3877, 102.2457)
Luminance	0.5139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CAFF #FF8A55

analogous

#55FFDF #55CAFF #5575FF

triadic

#55CAFF #FF55CA #CAFF55

tetradic

#55CAFF #DF55FF #FF8A55 #75FF55

square

#55CAFF #DF55FF #FF8A55 #75FF55

split-complementary

#55CAFF #FF5575 #FFDF55

monochromatic

#0096DA #18B7FF #55CAFF #92DDFF #CFF0FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#55CAFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.28

#55CAFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CAFF

11.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CAFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CAFF	1.00	1.86	11.28	11.28
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFC7FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98B6FE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8DC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55caff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 202, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.128 231.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96daff',
    500: '#55caff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55caff;
$custom-light: #96daff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55caff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.706,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79372,
    "c": 0.12831,
    "h": 231.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CAFF

secondary

#D35B25

accent

#4800E6

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FBFF

border

#CFD4D7

text

#0F1418

muted

#808386

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CAFF

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

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