#55acb1

Color #55acb1

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 7.32 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 9.8

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Conversions

HEX

#55acb1

RGB

rgb(85, 172, 177)

HSL

hsl(183.3, 37.1%, 51.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(183.3, 52%, 69.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(52%, 2.8%, 0%, 30.6%)

LAB

lab(65.44, -24.69, -10.6)

LCH

lch(65.44, 26.87, 203.23)

OKLCH

oklch(69.3%, 0.084, 200.42)

HWB

hwb(183.3, 33.3%, 30.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b15a55

Analogous

#55b188

#55acb1

#557eb1

Triadic

#55acb1

#b155ac

#acb155

Split-complementary

#55acb1

#b1557e

#b18855

Tetradic

#55acb1

#5a55b1

#b15a55

#acb155

Square

#55acb1

#8855b1

#b15a55

#7eb155

Shades

Color #55acb1 mixed toward black.

#459196

#377478

#29575a

#1b3a3c

#0e1d1e

Tints

Color #55acb1 mixed toward white.

#71babe

#8ec8cb

#aad5d8

#c6e3e5

#e3f1f2

Tones

Color #55acb1 mixed toward gray.

#5da5a9

#649ea2

#6c989a

#749192

#7b8a8b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.65:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.92:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.92:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8485b0 · ΔE 26.9

Deuteranopia

#7f78b0 · ΔE 29.9

Tritanopia

#5cafaf · ΔE 2.1

Achromatopsia

#9f9f9f · ΔE 20.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #55acb1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#55acb1]

Related colors

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Frequently asked questions

#55acb1 (#55acb1) is rgb(85, 172, 177) in RGB.

No, #55acb1 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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