#55D7FA#55D7FA

#55D7FA is a very light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.122 H 219.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D7FA
RGB	rgb(85, 215, 250)
HSL	hsl(193, 94%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(193, 66%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 14%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.42, -25.06, -27.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.42, 37.27, 227.76°)
OKLab	oklab(82.12% -0.095 -0.0769)
OKLCH	oklch(82.12% 0.122 219)
XYZ	xyz(45.2950, 57.4293, 99.1218)
Luminance	0.5743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#55D7FA #FA7855

analogous

#55FACA #55D7FA #5584FA

triadic

#55D7FA #FA55D7 #D7FA55

tetradic

#55D7FA #CA55FA #FA7855 #84FA55

square

#55D7FA #CA55FA #FA7855 #84FA55

split-complementary

#55D7FA #FA5584 #FACA55

monochromatic

#06A4CF #1AC9F8 #55D7FA #90E5FC #CCF3FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#55D7FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.49

#55D7FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D7FA

12.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D7FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D7FA	1.00	1.68	12.49	12.49
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1D1FC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAC0FA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E3E2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d7fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 215, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.122 219.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97e3fc',
    500: '#55d7fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d7fa;
$custom-light: #97e3fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d7fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.727,
    "s": 94.286,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82116,
    "c": 0.1222,
    "h": 219
  },
  "luminance": 0.57434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D7FA

secondary

#CA4B29

accent

#3100E6

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFF

border

#CFD5D7

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D7FA

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

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