#55CDF8#55CDF8

#55CDF8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.122 H 225.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CDF8
RGB	rgb(85, 205, 248)
HSL	hsl(196, 92%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(196, 66%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 17.3%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.50, -20.63, -31.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.50, 37.24, 236.36°)
OKLab	oklab(79.75% -0.0858 -0.0866)
OKLCH	oklch(79.75% 0.122 225.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.5141, 52.3666, 96.6559)
Luminance	0.5237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CDF8 #F88055

analogous

#55F8D1 #55CDF8 #557CF8

triadic

#55CDF8 #F855CD #CDF855

tetradic

#55CDF8 #D155F8 #F88055 #7CF855

square

#55CDF8 #D155F8 #F88055 #7CF855

split-complementary

#55CDF8 #F8557C #F8D155

monochromatic

#0897CA #1ABCF6 #55CDF8 #90DEFA #CBF0FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#55CDF8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.47

#55CDF8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CDF8

11.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CDF8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CDF8	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)

#B5C9FA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB8F8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DADB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55cdf8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 205, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.122 225.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96dcfa',
    500: '#55cdf8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55cdf8;
$custom-light: #96dcfa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55cdf8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.828,
    "s": 92.09,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79753,
    "c": 0.12197,
    "h": 225.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.52371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CDF8

secondary

#C6542B

accent

#3D00E6

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFF

border

#CFD5D7

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CDF8

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

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