#55CCF8#55CCF8

#55CCF8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.122 H 226.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CCF8
RGB	rgb(85, 204, 248)
HSL	hsl(196, 92%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(196, 66%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 17.7%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.21, -20.12, -31.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.21, 37.33, 237.39°)
OKLab	oklab(79.53% -0.0849 -0.0879)
OKLCH	oklch(79.53% 0.122 226)
XYZ	xyz(42.2757, 51.8898, 96.5765)
Luminance	0.5189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CCF8 #F88155

analogous

#55F8D2 #55CCF8 #557BF8

triadic

#55CCF8 #F855CC #CCF855

tetradic

#55CCF8 #D255F8 #F88155 #7BF855

square

#55CCF8 #D255F8 #F88155 #7BF855

split-complementary

#55CCF8 #F8557B #F8D255

monochromatic

#0896CA #1ABAF6 #55CCF8 #90DEFA #CBEFFD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#55CCF8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.38

#55CCF8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CCF8

11.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CCF8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CCF8	1.00	1.85	11.38	11.38
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C8FA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DB7F7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55ccf8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 204, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.122 226.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96dbfa',
    500: '#55ccf8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55ccf8;
$custom-light: #96dbfa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55ccf8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.196,
    "s": 92.09,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79525,
    "c": 0.12218,
    "h": 226
  },
  "luminance": 0.51894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CCF8

secondary

#C6552B

accent

#3E00E6

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FBFF

border

#CFD4D7

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CCF8

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

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