#55CEFF#55CEFF

#55CEFF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.127 H 228.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CEFF
RGB	rgb(85, 206, 255)
HSL	hsl(197, 100%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(197, 67%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 19.2%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.05, -18.99, -33.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.05, 38.86, 240.75°)
OKLab	oklab(80.27% -0.0843 -0.0949)
OKLCH	oklch(80.27% 0.127 228.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.8604, 53.2891, 102.5627)
Luminance	0.5329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CEFF #FF8655

analogous

#55FFDB #55CEFF #5579FF

triadic

#55CEFF #FF55CE #CEFF55

tetradic

#55CEFF #DB55FF #FF8655 #79FF55

square

#55CEFF #DB55FF #FF8655 #79FF55

split-complementary

#55CEFF #FF5579 #FFDB55

monochromatic

#009BDA #18BCFF #55CEFF #92E0FF #CFF1FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#55CEFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.66

#55CEFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CEFF

11.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CEFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CEFF	1.00	1.80	11.66	11.66
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4CBFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DB9FE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCDE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55ceff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 206, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.127 228.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97ddff',
    500: '#55ceff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55ceff;
$custom-light: #97ddff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55ceff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.294,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80275,
    "c": 0.12698,
    "h": 228.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CEFF

secondary

#D35725

accent

#4200E6

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFF

border

#CFD5D7

text

#0F1518

muted

#808486

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CEFF

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

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