#55CDF4#55CDF4

#55CDF4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.119 H 222.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CDF4
RGB	rgb(85, 205, 244)
HSL	hsl(195, 88%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(195, 65%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 16%, 0%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.35, -21.85, -29.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.35, 36.38, 233.09°)
OKLab	oklab(79.59% -0.0873 -0.0812)
OKLCH	oklch(79.59% 0.119 222.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.9002, 52.1211, 93.4226)
Luminance	0.5213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CDF4 #F47C55

analogous

#55F4CC #55CDF4 #557EF4

triadic

#55CDF4 #F455CD #CDF455

tetradic

#55CDF4 #CC55F4 #F47C55 #7EF455

square

#55CDF4 #CC55F4 #F47C55 #7EF455

split-complementary

#55CDF4 #F4557E #F4CC55

monochromatic

#0D96C2 #1CBCF0 #55CDF4 #8EDEF8 #C8EFFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#55CDF4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.43

#55CDF4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CDF4

11.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CDF4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CDF4	1.00	1.84	11.43	11.43
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C8F6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B8F4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55cdf4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 205, 244);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.119 222.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95dcf7',
    500: '#55cdf4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55cdf4;
$custom-light: #95dcf7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55cdf4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 244
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.717,
    "s": 87.845,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79587,
    "c": 0.11921,
    "h": 222.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CDF4

secondary

#C0512E

accent

#3901E4

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CDF4

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

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