#55CBF8#55CBF8

#55CBF8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.122 H 226.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CBF8
RGB	rgb(85, 203, 248)
HSL	hsl(197, 92%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(197, 66%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 18.1%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.93, -19.61, -31.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.93, 37.43, 238.41°)
OKLab	oklab(79.3% -0.0839 -0.0891)
OKLCH	oklch(79.3% 0.122 226.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.0387, 51.4159, 96.4975)
Luminance	0.5142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CBF8 #F88255

analogous

#55F8D3 #55CBF8 #557AF8

triadic

#55CBF8 #F855CB #CBF855

tetradic

#55CBF8 #D355F8 #F88255 #7AF855

square

#55CBF8 #D355F8 #F88255 #7AF855

split-complementary

#55CBF8 #F8557A #F8D355

monochromatic

#0895CA #1AB9F6 #55CBF8 #90DDFA #CBEFFD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#55CBF8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.28

#55CBF8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CBF8

11.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CBF8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CBF8	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)

#B3C7FA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CB7F7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55cbf8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 203, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.122 226.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96dbfa',
    500: '#55cbf8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55cbf8;
$custom-light: #96dbfa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55cbf8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.564,
    "s": 92.09,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79297,
    "c": 0.1224,
    "h": 226.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CBF8

secondary

#C6562B

accent

#3F00E6

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FBFF

border

#CFD4D7

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CBF8

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

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