#55CDFF#55CDFF

#55CDFF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.127 H 229.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CDFF
RGB	rgb(85, 205, 255)
HSL	hsl(198, 100%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(198, 67%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 19.6%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.76, -18.47, -34.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.76, 39.00, 241.72°)
OKLab	oklab(80.05% -0.0834 -0.0962)
OKLCH	oklch(80.05% 0.127 229.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.6204, 52.8092, 102.4827)
Luminance	0.5281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CDFF #FF8755

analogous

#55FFDC #55CDFF #5578FF

triadic

#55CDFF #FF55CD #CDFF55

tetradic

#55CDFF #DC55FF #FF8755 #78FF55

square

#55CDFF #DC55FF #FF8755 #78FF55

split-complementary

#55CDFF #FF5578 #FFDC55

monochromatic

#009ADA #18BBFF #55CDFF #92DFFF #CFF1FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#55CDFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.56

#55CDFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CDFF

11.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CDFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CDFF	1.00	1.82	11.56	11.56
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3CAFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CB9FE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBDD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55cdff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 205, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.127 229.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96dcff',
    500: '#55cdff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55cdff;
$custom-light: #96dcff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55cdff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.647,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80049,
    "c": 0.12728,
    "h": 229.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CDFF

secondary

#D35825

accent

#4300E6

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFF

border

#CFD5D7

text

#0F1518

muted

#808486

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CDFF

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

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