#55CEF8#55CEF8

#55CEF8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.122 H 224.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CEF8
RGB	rgb(85, 206, 248)
HSL	hsl(195, 92%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(195, 66%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 16.9%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.78, -21.14, -30.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.78, 37.17, 235.34°)
OKLab	oklab(79.98% -0.0868 -0.0854)
OKLCH	oklch(79.98% 0.122 224.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.7541, 52.8466, 96.7359)
Luminance	0.5285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CEF8 #F87F55

analogous

#55F8D0 #55CEF8 #557DF8

triadic

#55CEF8 #F855CE #CEF855

tetradic

#55CEF8 #D055F8 #F87F55 #7DF855

square

#55CEF8 #D055F8 #F87F55 #7DF855

split-complementary

#55CEF8 #F8557D #F8D055

monochromatic

#0898CA #1ABDF6 #55CEF8 #90DFFA #CBF0FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#55CEF8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.57

#55CEF8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CEF8

11.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CEF8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CEF8	1.00	1.82	11.57	11.57
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7CAFA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B9F8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBDC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55cef8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 206, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.122 224.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96ddfa',
    500: '#55cef8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55cef8;
$custom-light: #96ddfa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55cef8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.46,
    "s": 92.09,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7998,
    "c": 0.12178,
    "h": 224.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CEF8

secondary

#C6532B

accent

#3B00E6

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFF

border

#CFD5D7

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CEF8

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

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