#55DAF6#55DAF6

#55DAF6 is a very light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.587; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.120 H 214.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55DAF6
RGB	rgb(85, 218, 246)
HSL	hsl(190, 90%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(190, 65%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 11.4%, 0%, 3.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.14, -27.72, -24.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.14, 36.91, 221.32°)
OKLab	oklab(82.65% -0.0994 -0.0678)
OKLCH	oklch(82.65% 0.12 214.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.4453, 58.7229, 96.1105)
Luminance	0.5873 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55DAF6 #F67155

analogous

#55F6C2 #55DAF6 #5589F6

triadic

#55DAF6 #F655DA #DAF655

tetradic

#55DAF6 #C255F6 #F67155 #89F655

square

#55DAF6 #C255F6 #F67155 #89F655

split-complementary

#55DAF6 #F65589 #F6C255

monochromatic

#0AA5C6 #1BCDF3 #55DAF6 #8FE7F9 #C9F3FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#55DAF6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.75

#55DAF6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55DAF6

12.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55DAF6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55DAF6	1.00	1.65	12.75	12.75
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6D3F8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFC2F6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E5E3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55daf6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 218, 246);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.120 214.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96e5f9',
    500: '#55daf6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55daf6;
$custom-light: #96e5f9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55daf6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 246
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.435,
    "s": 89.944,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82648,
    "c": 0.12034,
    "h": 214.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.58728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55DAF6

secondary

#C3462C

accent

#2800E6

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFF

border

#CFD5D7

text

#0F1617

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #55DAF6

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

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