#55CDF3#55CDF3

#55CDF3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.119 H 222.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CDF3
RGB	rgb(85, 205, 243)
HSL	hsl(194, 87%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(194, 65%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 15.6%, 0%, 4.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.32, -22.15, -28.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.32, 36.19, 232.25°)
OKLab	oklab(79.55% -0.0877 -0.0798)
OKLCH	oklch(79.55% 0.119 222.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.7487, 52.0605, 92.6251)
Luminance	0.5206 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CDF3 #F37B55

analogous

#55F3CA #55CDF3 #557EF3

triadic

#55CDF3 #F355CD #CDF355

tetradic

#55CDF3 #CA55F3 #F37B55 #7EF355

square

#55CDF3 #CA55F3 #F37B55 #7EF355

split-complementary

#55CDF3 #F3557E #F3CA55

monochromatic

#0E95C0 #1CBCEF #55CDF3 #8EDEF7 #C7EFFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#55CDF3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.41

#55CDF3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CDF3

11.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CDF3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CDF3	1.00	1.84	11.41	11.41
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C8F5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B8F3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55cdf3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 205, 243);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.119 222.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95dcf7',
    500: '#55cdf3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55cdf3;
$custom-light: #95dcf7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55cdf3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 243
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.43,
    "s": 86.813,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79546,
    "c": 0.11856,
    "h": 222.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.52065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CDF3

secondary

#BE512E

accent

#3802E3

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CDF3

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

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