#55958c

Color #55958c

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 7.55 Nearest Tailwind class teal-600 #009689 · ΔE 6.2

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Conversions

HEX

#55958c

RGB

rgb(85, 149, 140)

HSL

hsl(171.6, 27.4%, 45.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(171.6, 43%, 58.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(43%, 0%, 6%, 41.6%)

LAB

lab(57.38, -22.81, -1.68)

LCH

lch(57.38, 22.87, 184.21)

OKLCH

oklch(62.4%, 0.0677, 184.15)

HWB

hwb(171.6, 33.3%, 41.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#95555e

Analogous

#55956c

#55958c

#557e95

Triadic

#55958c

#8c5595

#958c55

Split-complementary

#55958c

#95557e

#956c55

Tetradic

#55958c

#555e95

#95555e

#958c55

Square

#55958c

#6c5595

#95555e

#7e9555

Shades

Color #55958c mixed toward black.

#477c75

#39635d

#2a4b46

#1c322f

#0e1917

Tints

Color #55958c mixed toward white.

#6daca3

#8abcb5

#a7cdc8

#c4deda

#e2eeed

Tones

Color #55958c mixed toward gray.

#5a9088

#608a84

#658581

#6a807d

#707a79

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.46:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.06:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.06:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#76778e · ΔE 25.8

Deuteranopia

#726d8f · ΔE 29.7

Tritanopia

#5a9090 · ΔE 4.5

Achromatopsia

#8a8a8a · ΔE 19.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #55958c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#55958c]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#55958c (#55958c) is rgb(85, 149, 140) in RGB.

No, #55958c is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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