#55aca0

Color #55aca0

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Light Sea Green #20b2aa · ΔE 9.47 Nearest Tailwind class teal-500 #00bba7 · ΔE 6.3

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Conversions

HEX

#55aca0

RGB

rgb(85, 172, 160)

HSL

hsl(171.7, 34.4%, 50.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(171.7, 50.6%, 67.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(50.6%, 0%, 7%, 32.5%)

LAB

lab(64.94, -29.2, -1.87)

LCH

lch(64.94, 29.26, 183.66)

OKLCH

oklch(68.7%, 0.0863, 183.66)

HWB

hwb(171.7, 33.3%, 32.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ac5561

Analogous

#55ac74

#55aca0

#558dac

Triadic

#55aca0

#a055ac

#aca055

Split-complementary

#55aca0

#ac558d

#ac7455

Tetradic

#55aca0

#5561ac

#ac5561

#aca055

Square

#55aca0

#7455ac

#ac5561

#8dac55

Shades

Color #55aca0 mixed toward black.

#469086

#38736b

#2a5650

#1c3a35

#0e1d1b

Tints

Color #55aca0 mixed toward white.

#71bab0

#8ec8c0

#aad6cf

#c6e3df

#e3f1ef

Tones

Color #55aca0 mixed toward gray.

#5ca59b

#649e96

#6b9690

#728f8b

#798886

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.69:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.79:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.79:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8485a3 · ΔE 28.4

Deuteranopia

#7f78a4 · ΔE 32.3

Tritanopia

#5ca5a6 · ΔE 5.8

Achromatopsia

#9e9e9e · ΔE 21.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #55aca0;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#55aca0]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#55aca0 (#55aca0) is rgb(85, 172, 160) in RGB.

No, #55aca0 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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