#55D3F8#55D3F8

#55D3F8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.121 H 220.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#55D3F8
RGBrgb(85, 211, 248)
HSLhsl(194, 92%, 65%)
HSVhsv(194, 66%, 97%)
CMYKcmyk(65.7%, 14.9%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LABlab(79.21, -23.66, -28.38)
CIE-LCHlch(79.21, 36.95, 230.18°)
OKLaboklab(81.12% -0.0918 -0.0791)
OKLCHoklch(81.12% 0.121 220.8)
XYZxyz(43.9769, 55.2923, 97.1436)
Luminance0.5530 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#55D3F8 #F87A55
analogous
#55F8CC #55D3F8 #5581F8
triadic
#55D3F8 #F855D3 #D3F855
tetradic
#55D3F8 #CC55F8 #F87A55 #81F855
square
#55D3F8 #CC55F8 #F87A55 #81F855
split-complementary
#55D3F8 #F85581 #F8CC55
monochromatic
#089ECA #1AC4F6 #55D3F8 #90E2FA #CBF1FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74
#55D3F8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.06
#55D3F8 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D3F8
12.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##55D3F8#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##55D3F81.001.7412.0612.06
#FFFFFF1.741.0021.0021.00
#00000012.0621.001.001.00
##00000012.0621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#BDCEFA
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A6BDF8
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00DFDF
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #55d3f8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 211, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.121 220.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96e0fa',
    500: '#55d3f8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #55d3f8;
$custom-light: #96e0fa;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#55d3f8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.62,
    "s": 92.09,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81122,
    "c": 0.12119,
    "h": 220.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#55D3F8
secondary
#C64E2B
accent
#3400E6
background
#FCFEFF
surface
#F5FCFF
border
#CFD5D7
text
#0F1517
muted
#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D3F8

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#55D3F8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva