#055d69

Color #055d69

A vivid, highly saturated dark cyan.

Closest named color Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f · ΔE 12.59 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-800 #005f78 · ΔE 5.7

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Conversions

HEX

#055d69

RGB

rgb(5, 93, 105)

HSL

hsl(187.2, 90.9%, 21.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(187.2, 95.2%, 41.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(95.2%, 11.4%, 0%, 58.8%)

LAB

lab(35.75, -18.33, -13.45)

LCH

lch(35.75, 22.74, 216.27)

OKLCH

oklch(43.9%, 0.0745, 210.21)

HWB

hwb(187.2, 2%, 58.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#691105

Analogous

#056943

#055d69

#052b69

Triadic

#055d69

#69055d

#5d6905

Split-complementary

#055d69

#69052b

#694305

Tetradic

#055d69

#110569

#691105

#5d6905

Square

#055d69

#430569

#691105

#2b6905

Shades

Color #055d69 mixed toward black.

#044e58

#033e46

#032f35

#021f23

#011012

Tints

Color #055d69 mixed toward white.

#0895a9

#0bcee8

#40e0f6

#80eaf9

#bff5fc

Tones

Color #055d69 mixed toward gray.

#0d5761

#165058

#1e4a50

#264448

#2f3d3f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.56:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.78:1

White text reads better on this background (7.56:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#3e3f66 · ΔE 24.3

Deuteranopia

#3a3466 · ΔE 26.1

Tritanopia

#146464 · ΔE 6.1

Achromatopsia

#545454 · ΔE 17.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #055d69;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#055d69]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#055d69 (#055d69) is rgb(5, 93, 105) in RGB.

No, #055d69 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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