#55CDF0#55CDF0

#55CDF0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.117 H 220.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CDF0
RGB	rgb(85, 205, 240)
HSL	hsl(194, 84%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(194, 65%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 14.6%, 0%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.21, -23.06, -27.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.21, 35.63, 229.68°)
OKLab	oklab(79.42% -0.0888 -0.0757)
OKLCH	oklch(79.42% 0.117 220.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.2994, 51.8808, 90.2586)
Luminance	0.5189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CDF0 #F07855

analogous

#55F0C5 #55CDF0 #557FF0

triadic

#55CDF0 #F055CD #CDF055

tetradic

#55CDF0 #C555F0 #F07855 #7FF055

square

#55CDF0 #C555F0 #F07855 #7FF055

split-complementary

#55CDF0 #F0557F #F0C555

monochromatic

#1094BA #1DBCEB #55CDF0 #8DDEF5 #C5EEFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#55CDF0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.38

#55CDF0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CDF0

11.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CDF0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CDF0	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)

#B8C8F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B8F0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55cdf0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 205, 240);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.117 220.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95dcf5',
    500: '#55cdf0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55cdf0;
$custom-light: #95dcf5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55cdf0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 240
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.548,
    "s": 83.784,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79424,
    "c": 0.11669,
    "h": 220.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CDF0

secondary

#B94F30

accent

#3705E0

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CDF0

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

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