#55CCFF#55CCFF

#55CCFF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.128 H 229.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CCFF
RGB	rgb(85, 204, 255)
HSL	hsl(198, 100%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(198, 67%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 20%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.48, -17.96, -34.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.48, 39.14, 242.69°)
OKLab	oklab(79.82% -0.0824 -0.0974)
OKLCH	oklch(79.82% 0.128 229.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.3820, 52.3323, 102.4032)
Luminance	0.5234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CCFF #FF8855

analogous

#55FFDD #55CCFF #5577FF

triadic

#55CCFF #FF55CC #CCFF55

tetradic

#55CCFF #DD55FF #FF8855 #77FF55

square

#55CCFF #DD55FF #FF8855 #77FF55

split-complementary

#55CCFF #FF5577 #FFDD55

monochromatic

#0098DA #18BAFF #55CCFF #92DEFF #CFF1FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#55CCFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.47

#55CCFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CCFF

11.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CCFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CCFF	1.00	1.83	11.47	11.47
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2C9FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AB8FE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DADD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55ccff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 204, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.128 229.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96dbff',
    500: '#55ccff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55ccff;
$custom-light: #96dbff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55ccff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79823,
    "c": 0.12761,
    "h": 229.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CCFF

secondary

#D35925

accent

#4500E6

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FBFF

border

#CFD4D7

text

#0F1518

muted

#808486

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CCFF

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

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