#55CEFC#55CEFC

#55CEFC is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.125 H 226.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CEFC
RGB	rgb(85, 206, 252)
HSL	hsl(197, 97%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(197, 66%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 18.3%, 0%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.93, -19.91, -32.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.93, 38.10, 238.49°)
OKLab	oklab(80.15% -0.0854 -0.0908)
OKLCH	oklch(80.15% 0.125 226.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.3813, 53.0975, 100.0391)
Luminance	0.5310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CEFC #FC8355

analogous

#55FCD6 #55CEFC #557AFC

triadic

#55CEFC #FC55CE #CEFC55

tetradic

#55CEFC #D655FC #FC8355 #7AFC55

square

#55CEFC #D655FC #FC8355 #7AFC55

split-complementary

#55CEFC #FC557A #FCD655

monochromatic

#049AD3 #19BDFB #55CEFC #91DFFD #CDF1FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#55CEFC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.62

#55CEFC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CEFC

11.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CEFC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CEFC	1.00	1.81	11.62	11.62
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5CAFE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB9FB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBDD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55cefc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 206, 252);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.125 226.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96ddfd',
    500: '#55cefc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55cefc;
$custom-light: #96ddfd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55cefc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 252
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.527,
    "s": 96.532,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80148,
    "c": 0.12468,
    "h": 226.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CEFC

secondary

#CD5528

accent

#3F00E6

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFF

border

#CFD5D7

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CEFC

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

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