#55D5F5#55D5F5

#55D5F5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.119 H 217.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D5F5
RGB	rgb(85, 213, 245)
HSL	hsl(192, 89%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(192, 65%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 13.1%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.67, -25.56, -26.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.67, 36.51, 225.57°)
OKLab	oklab(81.46% -0.0949 -0.0726)
OKLCH	oklch(81.46% 0.119 217.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.0152, 56.1076, 94.8787)
Luminance	0.5611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D5F5 #F57555

analogous

#55F5C5 #55D5F5 #5585F5

triadic

#55D5F5 #F555D5 #D5F555

tetradic

#55D5F5 #C555F5 #F57555 #85F555

square

#55D5F5 #C555F5 #F57555 #85F555

split-complementary

#55D5F5 #F55585 #F5C555

monochromatic

#0C9FC4 #1BC7F2 #55D5F5 #8FE3F8 #C9F2FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#55D5F5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.22

#55D5F5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D5F5

12.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D5F5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D5F5	1.00	1.72	12.22	12.22
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0CFF7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9BEF5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0DF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d5f5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 213, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.119 217.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96e2f8',
    500: '#55d5f5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d5f5;
$custom-light: #96e2f8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d5f5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192,
    "s": 88.889,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8146,
    "c": 0.11946,
    "h": 217.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D5F5

secondary

#C14B2D

accent

#2E00E6

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFF

border

#CFD5D7

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D5F5

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

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