#55837d

Color #55837d

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 11.54 Nearest Tailwind class teal-700 #00786f · ΔE 9.4

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Conversions

HEX

#55837d

RGB

rgb(85, 131, 125)

HSL

hsl(172.2, 21.3%, 42.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(172.2, 35.1%, 51.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(35.1%, 0%, 4.6%, 48.6%)

LAB

lab(51.43, -17.11, -1.75)

LCH

lch(51.43, 17.2, 185.84)

OKLCH

oklch(57.5%, 0.0512, 185.6)

HWB

hwb(172.2, 33.3%, 48.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#83555b

Analogous

#558366

#55837d

#557283

Triadic

#55837d

#7d5583

#837d55

Split-complementary

#55837d

#835572

#836655

Tetradic

#55837d

#555b83

#83555b

#837d55

Square

#55837d

#665583

#83555b

#728355

Shades

Color #55837d mixed toward black.

#476d68

#395753

#2b423f

#1c2c2a

#0e1615

Tints

Color #55837d mixed toward white.

#6b9f98

#88b2ad

#a6c5c1

#c4d8d6

#e1ecea

Tones

Color #55837d mixed toward gray.

#597f7a

#5d7b77

#617875

#647472

#68706f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.26:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.93:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.93:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6c6c7e · ΔE 22.4

Deuteranopia

#69667f · ΔE 25.5

Tritanopia

#588080 · ΔE 3.4

Achromatopsia

#7b7b7b · ΔE 16.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #55837d;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#55837d]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#55837d (#55837d) is rgb(85, 131, 125) in RGB.

No, #55837d is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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