#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
RGB	rgb(85, 211, 248)
HSL	hsl(194, 92%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(194, 66%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 14.9%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.21, -23.66, -28.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.21, 36.95, 230.18°)
OKLab	oklab(81.12% -0.0918 -0.0791)
OKLCH	oklch(81.12% 0.121 220.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.9769, 55.2923, 97.1436)
Luminance	0.5530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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
##55D3F8	1.00	1.74	12.06	12.06
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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