#055d68

Color #055d68

A vivid, highly saturated dark cyan.

Closest named color Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f · ΔE 12.35 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-800 #005f78 · ΔE 6.2

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Conversions

HEX

#055d68

RGB

rgb(5, 93, 104)

HSL

hsl(186.7, 90.8%, 21.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(186.7, 95.2%, 40.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(95.2%, 10.6%, 0%, 59.2%)

LAB

lab(35.71, -18.7, -12.89)

LCH

lch(35.71, 22.71, 214.58)

OKLCH

oklch(43.9%, 0.0741, 209.05)

HWB

hwb(186.7, 2%, 59.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#681005

Analogous

#056842

#055d68

#052c68

Triadic

#055d68

#68055d

#5d6805

Split-complementary

#055d68

#68052c

#684205

Tetradic

#055d68

#100568

#681005

#5d6805

Square

#055d68

#420568

#681005

#2c6805

Shades

Color #055d68 mixed toward black.

#044e57

#033e45

#032f34

#021f23

#011011

Tints

Color #055d68 mixed toward white.

#0896a8

#0bcfe8

#40e1f6

#80ebf9

#bff5fc

Tones

Color #055d68 mixed toward gray.

#0d5760

#165058

#1e4a4f

#264347

#2e3d3f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.58:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.77:1

White text reads better on this background (7.58:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#3e3f65 · ΔE 24.6

Deuteranopia

#3a3465 · ΔE 26.5

Tritanopia

#146363 · ΔE 5.5

Achromatopsia

#545454 · ΔE 18

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Code

CSS

background-color: #055d68;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#055d68]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#055d68 (#055d68) is rgb(5, 93, 104) in RGB.

No, #055d68 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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