#55D1F8#55D1F8

#55D1F8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.121 H 222.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D1F8
RGB	rgb(85, 209, 248)
HSL	hsl(194, 92%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(194, 66%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 15.7%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.64, -22.66, -29.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.64, 37.01, 232.24°)
OKLab	oklab(80.66% -0.0898 -0.0816)
OKLCH	oklch(80.66% 0.121 222.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.4832, 54.3048, 96.9790)
Luminance	0.5431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D1F8 #F87C55

analogous

#55F8CE #55D1F8 #557FF8

triadic

#55D1F8 #F855D1 #D1F855

tetradic

#55D1F8 #CE55F8 #F87C55 #7FF855

square

#55D1F8 #CE55F8 #F87C55 #7FF855

split-complementary

#55D1F8 #F8557F #F8CE55

monochromatic

#089CCA #1AC1F6 #55D1F8 #90E1FA #CBF1FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#55D1F8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.86

#55D1F8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D1F8

11.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D1F8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D1F8	1.00	1.77	11.86	11.86
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BACCFA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3BBF8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDDD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d1f8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 209, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.121 222.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96dffa',
    500: '#55d1f8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d1f8;
$custom-light: #96dffa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d1f8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.356,
    "s": 92.09,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80665,
    "c": 0.12136,
    "h": 222.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D1F8

secondary

#C6502B

accent

#3700E6

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFF

border

#CFD5D7

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D1F8

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

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