#55CBFF#55CBFF

#55CBFF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.128 H 230.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CBFF
RGB	rgb(85, 203, 255)
HSL	hsl(198, 100%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(198, 67%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 20.4%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.20, -17.44, -35.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.20, 39.30, 243.66°)
OKLab	oklab(79.6% -0.0814 -0.0987)
OKLCH	oklch(79.6% 0.128 230.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.1451, 51.8585, 102.3242)
Luminance	0.5186 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CBFF #FF8955

analogous

#55FFDE #55CBFF #5576FF

triadic

#55CBFF #FF55CB #CBFF55

tetradic

#55CBFF #DE55FF #FF8955 #76FF55

square

#55CBFF #DE55FF #FF8955 #76FF55

split-complementary

#55CBFF #FF5576 #FFDE55

monochromatic

#0097DA #18B8FF #55CBFF #92DEFF #CFF0FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#55CBFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.37

#55CBFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CBFF

11.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CBFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CBFF	1.00	1.85	11.37	11.37
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1C8FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99B7FE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9DC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55cbff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 203, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.128 230.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96daff',
    500: '#55cbff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55cbff;
$custom-light: #96daff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55cbff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.353,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79598,
    "c": 0.12795,
    "h": 230.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CBFF

secondary

#D35A25

accent

#4600E6

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FBFF

border

#CFD4D7

text

#0F1518

muted

#808486

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CBFF

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

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