#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
RGBrgb(85, 203, 245)
HSLhsl(196, 89%, 65%)
HSVhsv(196, 65%, 96%)
CMYKcmyk(65.3%, 17.1%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LABlab(76.82, -20.53, -30.45)
CIE-LCHlch(76.82, 36.72, 236.02°)
OKLaboklab(79.17% -0.0849 -0.0851)
OKLCHoklch(79.17% 0.12 225)
XYZxyz(41.5771, 51.2313, 94.0659)
Luminance0.5124 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

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
##55CBF51.001.8711.2511.25
#FFFFFF1.871.0021.0021.00
#00000011.2521.001.001.00
##00000011.2521.001.001.00

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

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#55CBF5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva