#55CFE9#55CFE9

#55CFE9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.113 H 214.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CFE9
RGB	rgb(85, 207, 233)
HSL	hsl(191, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(191, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 11.2%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.54, -26.14, -22.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.54, 34.76, 221.24°)
OKLab	oklab(79.61% -0.0934 -0.0637)
OKLCH	oklch(79.61% 0.113 214.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.7610, 52.4358, 85.0479)
Luminance	0.5244 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CFE9 #E96F55

analogous

#55E9B9 #55CFE9 #5585E9

triadic

#55CFE9 #E955CF #CFE955

tetradic

#55CFE9 #B955E9 #E96F55 #85E955

square

#55CFE9 #B955E9 #E96F55 #85E955

split-complementary

#55CFE9 #E95585 #E9B955

monochromatic

#1693AD #1FC0E2 #55CFE9 #8BDEF0 #C1EEF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#55CFE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.49

#55CFE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CFE9

11.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CFE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CFE9	1.00	1.83	11.49	11.49
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC9EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B9E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55cfe9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 207, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.113 214.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94def0',
    500: '#55cfe9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55cfe9;
$custom-light: #94def0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55cfe9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.541,
    "s": 77.083,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79609,
    "c": 0.11308,
    "h": 214.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CFE9

secondary

#AE4A34

accent

#300CD9

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CFE9

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →