#55D4FF#55D4FF

#55D4FF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.126 H 224.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D4FF
RGB	rgb(85, 212, 255)
HSL	hsl(195, 100%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(195, 67%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 16.9%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.75, -22.04, -31.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.75, 38.27, 234.83°)
OKLab	oklab(81.64% -0.0902 -0.0874)
OKLCH	oklch(81.64% 0.126 224.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.3325, 56.2333, 103.0533)
Luminance	0.5624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D4FF #FF8055

analogous

#55FFD5 #55D4FF #557FFF

triadic

#55D4FF #FF55D4 #D4FF55

tetradic

#55D4FF #D555FF #FF8055 #7FFF55

square

#55D4FF #D555FF #FF8055 #7FFF55

split-complementary

#55D4FF #FF557F #FFD555

monochromatic

#00A3DA #18C5FF #55D4FF #92E3FF #CFF3FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#55D4FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.25

#55D4FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D4FF

12.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D4FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D4FF	1.00	1.71	12.25	12.25
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCCFFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4BEFF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1E2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d4ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 212, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.126 224.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97e1ff',
    500: '#55d4ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d4ff;
$custom-light: #97e1ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d4ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.176,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81635,
    "c": 0.1256,
    "h": 224.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D4FF

secondary

#D35125

accent

#3A00E6

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFF

border

#CFD5D7

text

#0F1518

muted

#808486

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D4FF

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

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