#55CBF0#55CBF0

#55CBF0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.117 H 222.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CBF0
RGB	rgb(85, 203, 240)
HSL	hsl(194, 84%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(194, 65%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 15.4%, 0%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.64, -22.05, -28.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.64, 35.68, 231.83°)
OKLab	oklab(78.97% -0.0868 -0.0782)
OKLCH	oklch(78.97% 0.117 222)
XYZ	xyz(40.8241, 50.9301, 90.1002)
Luminance	0.5093 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CBF0 #F07A55

analogous

#55F0C8 #55CBF0 #557DF0

triadic

#55CBF0 #F055CB #CBF055

tetradic

#55CBF0 #C855F0 #F07A55 #7DF055

square

#55CBF0 #C855F0 #F07A55 #7DF055

split-complementary

#55CBF0 #F0557D #F0C855

monochromatic

#1092BA #1DBAEB #55CBF0 #8DDCF5 #C5EDFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#55CBF0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.19

#55CBF0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CBF0

11.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CBF0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CBF0	1.00	1.88	11.19	11.19
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C6F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB6F0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55cbf0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 203, 240);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.117 222.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95dbf5',
    500: '#55cbf0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55cbf0;
$custom-light: #95dbf5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55cbf0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 240
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.323,
    "s": 83.784,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78965,
    "c": 0.11682,
    "h": 222
  },
  "luminance": 0.50934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CBF0

secondary

#B95130

accent

#3A05E0

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FBFE

border

#CFD4D6

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CBF0

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

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