#55D4F6#55D4F6

#55D4F6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.120 H 218.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D4F6
RGB	rgb(85, 212, 246)
HSL	hsl(193, 90%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(193, 65%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 13.8%, 0%, 3.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.42, -24.76, -26.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.42, 36.63, 227.46°)
OKLab	oklab(81.27% -0.0935 -0.0752)
OKLCH	oklch(81.27% 0.12 218.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.9175, 55.6673, 95.6012)
Luminance	0.5567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D4F6 #F67755

analogous

#55F6C8 #55D4F6 #5583F6

triadic

#55D4F6 #F655D4 #D4F655

tetradic

#55D4F6 #C855F6 #F67755 #83F655

square

#55D4F6 #C855F6 #F67755 #83F655

split-complementary

#55D4F6 #F65583 #F6C855

monochromatic

#0A9EC6 #1BC5F3 #55D4F6 #8FE3F9 #C9F1FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#55D4F6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.13

#55D4F6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D4F6

12.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D4F6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D4F6	1.00	1.73	12.13	12.13
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFCEF8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8BEF6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0DF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d4f6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 212, 246);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.120 218.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96e1f9',
    500: '#55d4f6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d4f6;
$custom-light: #96e1f9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d4f6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 246
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.671,
    "s": 89.944,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8127,
    "c": 0.11999,
    "h": 218.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D4F6

secondary

#C34C2C

accent

#3000E6

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFF

border

#CFD5D7

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D4F6

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

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