#55D6FA#55D6FA

#55D6FA is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.122 H 219.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D6FA
RGB	rgb(85, 214, 250)
HSL	hsl(193, 94%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(193, 66%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 14.4%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.14, -24.56, -28.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.14, 37.27, 228.77°)
OKLab	oklab(81.89% -0.094 -0.0781)
OKLCH	oklch(81.89% 0.122 219.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.0411, 56.9216, 99.0372)
Luminance	0.5693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D6FA #FA7955

analogous

#55FACB #55D6FA #5583FA

triadic

#55D6FA #FA55D6 #D6FA55

tetradic

#55D6FA #CB55FA #FA7955 #83FA55

square

#55D6FA #CB55FA #FA7955 #83FA55

split-complementary

#55D6FA #FA5583 #FACB55

monochromatic

#06A3CF #1AC8F8 #55D6FA #90E4FC #CCF3FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#55D6FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.39

#55D6FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D6FA

12.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D6FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D6FA	1.00	1.70	12.39	12.39
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0D0FC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9BFFA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E2E1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d6fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 214, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.122 219.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96e2fc',
    500: '#55d6fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d6fa;
$custom-light: #96e2fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d6fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.091,
    "s": 94.286,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81888,
    "c": 0.12223,
    "h": 219.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D6FA

secondary

#CA4C29

accent

#3200E6

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFF

border

#CFD5D7

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D6FA

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

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