#55CBF5#55CBF5

#55CBF5 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.120 H 225.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CBF5
RGB	rgb(85, 203, 245)
HSL	hsl(196, 89%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(196, 65%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 17.1%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.82, -20.53, -30.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.82, 36.72, 236.02°)
OKLab	oklab(79.17% -0.0849 -0.0851)
OKLCH	oklch(79.17% 0.12 225)
XYZ	xyz(41.5771, 51.2313, 94.0659)
Luminance	0.5124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CBF5 #F57F55

analogous

#55F5CF #55CBF5 #557BF5

triadic

#55CBF5 #F555CB #CBF555

tetradic

#55CBF5 #CF55F5 #F57F55 #7BF555

square

#55CBF5 #CF55F5 #F57F55 #7BF555

split-complementary

#55CBF5 #F5557B #F5CF55

monochromatic

#0C94C4 #1BB9F2 #55CBF5 #8FDDF8 #C9EEFC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#55CBF5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.25

#55CBF5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CBF5

11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CBF5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CBF5	1.00	1.87	11.25	11.25
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C7F7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DB6F5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55cbf5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 203, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.120 225.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95dbf8',
    500: '#55cbf5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55cbf5;
$custom-light: #95dbf8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55cbf5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.75,
    "s": 88.889,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79172,
    "c": 0.12022,
    "h": 225
  },
  "luminance": 0.51236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CBF5

secondary

#C1542D

accent

#3C00E6

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FBFF

border

#CFD4D7

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CBF5

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

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