#55CBF1#55CBF1

#55CBF1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.117 H 222.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CBF1
RGB	rgb(85, 203, 241)
HSL	hsl(195, 85%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(195, 65%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 15.8%, 0%, 5.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.67, -21.74, -28.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.67, 35.87, 232.69°)
OKLab	oklab(79.01% -0.0864 -0.0796)
OKLCH	oklch(79.01% 0.117 222.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.9730, 50.9896, 90.8847)
Luminance	0.5099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CBF1 #F17B55

analogous

#55F1C9 #55CBF1 #557DF1

triadic

#55CBF1 #F155CB #CBF155

tetradic

#55CBF1 #C955F1 #F17B55 #7DF155

square

#55CBF1 #C955F1 #F17B55 #7DF155

split-complementary

#55CBF1 #F1557D #F1C955

monochromatic

#0F92BC #1CBAEC #55CBF1 #8EDCF6 #C6EEFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#55CBF1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.20

#55CBF1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CBF1

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CBF1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CBF1	1.00	1.88	11.20	11.20
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C6F3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB6F1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55cbf1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 203, 241);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.117 222.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95dbf5',
    500: '#55cbf1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55cbf1;
$custom-light: #95dbf5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55cbf1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 241
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.615,
    "s": 84.783,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79006,
    "c": 0.11747,
    "h": 222.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CBF1

secondary

#BB5130

accent

#3A04E1

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FBFE

border

#CFD4D6

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CBF1

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

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