#55D5F6#55D5F6

#55D5F6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.120 H 218.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D5F6
RGB	rgb(85, 213, 246)
HSL	hsl(192, 90%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(192, 65%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 13.4%, 0%, 3.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.71, -25.26, -26.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.71, 36.65, 226.43°)
OKLab	oklab(81.5% -0.0945 -0.0739)
OKLCH	oklch(81.5% 0.12 218)
XYZ	xyz(44.1683, 56.1688, 95.6848)
Luminance	0.5617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D5F6 #F67655

analogous

#55F6C6 #55D5F6 #5585F6

triadic

#55D5F6 #F655D5 #D5F655

tetradic

#55D5F6 #C655F6 #F67655 #85F655

square

#55D5F6 #C655F6 #F67655 #85F655

split-complementary

#55D5F6 #F65585 #F6C655

monochromatic

#0AA0C6 #1BC7F3 #55D5F6 #8FE3F9 #C9F2FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#55D5F6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.23

#55D5F6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D5F6

12.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D5F6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D5F6	1.00	1.72	12.23	12.23
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0CFF8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9BEF6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0DF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d5f6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 213, 246);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.120 218.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96e2f9',
    500: '#55d5f6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d5f6;
$custom-light: #96e2f9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d5f6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 246
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.298,
    "s": 89.944,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.815,
    "c": 0.12,
    "h": 218
  },
  "luminance": 0.56174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D5F6

secondary

#C34B2C

accent

#2F00E6

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFF

border

#CFD5D7

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D5F6

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

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