#55CFEB#55CFEB

#55CFEB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.114 H 215.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CFEB
RGB	rgb(85, 207, 235)
HSL	hsl(191, 79%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(191, 64%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.8%, 11.9%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.61, -25.55, -23.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.61, 34.97, 223.07°)
OKLab	oklab(79.69% -0.0927 -0.0664)
OKLCH	oklch(79.69% 0.114 215.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.0484, 52.5507, 86.5611)
Luminance	0.5255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CFEB #EB7155

analogous

#55EBBC #55CFEB #5584EB

triadic

#55CFEB #EB55CF #CFEB55

tetradic

#55CFEB #BC55EB #EB7155 #84EB55

square

#55CFEB #BC55EB #EB7155 #84EB55

split-complementary

#55CFEB #EB5584 #EBBC55

monochromatic

#1594B1 #1EC0E5 #55CFEB #8CDEF1 #C3EEF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#55CFEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.51

#55CFEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CFEB

11.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CFEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CFEB	1.00	1.82	11.51	11.51
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC9ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B9EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55cfeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 207, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.114 215.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94def1',
    500: '#55cfeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55cfeb;
$custom-light: #94def1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55cfeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.2,
    "s": 78.947,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79687,
    "c": 0.11402,
    "h": 215.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CFEB

secondary

#B14B33

accent

#310ADB

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CFEB

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

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