#55949d

Color #55949d

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 5.43 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 9.4

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Conversions

HEX

#55949d

RGB

rgb(85, 148, 157)

HSL

hsl(187.5, 29.8%, 47.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(187.5, 45.9%, 61.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(45.9%, 5.7%, 0%, 38.4%)

LAB

lab(57.6, -17.79, -11.07)

LCH

lch(57.6, 20.95, 211.89)

OKLCH

oklch(62.8%, 0.0662, 207.42)

HWB

hwb(187.5, 33.3%, 38.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9d5e55

Analogous

#559d82

#55949d

#55709d

Triadic

#55949d

#9d5594

#949d55

Split-complementary

#55949d

#9d5570

#9d8255

Tetradic

#55949d

#5e559d

#9d5e55

#949d55

Square

#55949d

#82559d

#9d5e55

#709d55

Shades

Color #55949d mixed toward black.

#477b83

#396369

#2b4a4f

#1c3134

#0e191a

Tints

Color #55949d mixed toward white.

#6ea8b1

#8bbac0

#a8cbd0

#c5dce0

#e2eeef

Tones

Color #55949d mixed toward gray.

#5b9097

#618b91

#67878b

#6d8285

#737e7f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.44:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.11:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.11:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#76769b · ΔE 24.4

Deuteranopia

#726d9a · ΔE 26.3

Tritanopia

#5a9999 · ΔE 4.2

Achromatopsia

#8a8a8a · ΔE 17.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #55949d;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#55949d]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Light Blue #add8e6

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Frequently asked questions

#55949d (#55949d) is rgb(85, 148, 157) in RGB.

No, #55949d 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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