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#55ccff

a light, electric cyan · cool · closest name: skyblue

RGB
85, 204, 255
HSL
198°, 100%, 67%
CMYK
67, 20, 0, 0
Luminance
0.5234

Every format

HEX#55ccff
RGBrgb(85, 204, 255)
HSLhsl(198, 100%, 67%)
CMYKcmyk(67%, 20%, 0%, 0%)
LABlab(77.5 -18.0 -34.8)
LCHlch(77.5 39.1 242.7)
OKLCHoklch(0.798 0.128 229.8)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #55ccff;
background-color: #55ccff;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#55ccff] bg-[#55ccff]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #55ccff;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.333, green: 0.800, blue: 1.000)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#55ccff")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#55ccff on white: 1.83:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#55ccff on black: 11.47:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red33.3%
Green80.0%
Blue100.0%

CMYK percentages

Cyan66.7%
Magenta20.0%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)0.0%

Color previews

#55ccff text on a black background

contrast 11.47:1

Card sample

#55ccff text on a white background

contrast 1.83:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #55ccff;
Background color
Panel with #55ccff background
background-color: #55ccff;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #55ccff;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(85, 204, 255, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(85, 204, 255, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #55ccff;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #55ccff, #555BFF);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #55ccff

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #55ccff in the Color Lab