#55adb7

Color #55adb7

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 8.43 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 8

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Conversions

HEX

#55adb7

RGB

rgb(85, 173, 183)

HSL

hsl(186.1, 40.5%, 52.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(186.1, 53.6%, 71.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(53.6%, 5.5%, 0%, 28.2%)

LAB

lab(65.93, -23.52, -13.2)

LCH

lch(65.93, 26.97, 209.3)

OKLCH

oklch(69.7%, 0.0855, 205.28)

HWB

hwb(186.1, 33.3%, 28.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b75f55

Analogous

#55b790

#55adb7

#557cb7

Triadic

#55adb7

#b755ad

#adb755

Split-complementary

#55adb7

#b7557c

#b79055

Tetradic

#55adb7

#5f55b7

#b75f55

#adb755

Square

#55adb7

#9055b7

#b75f55

#7cb755

Shades

Color #55adb7 mixed toward black.

#42949d

#35767d

#28595e

#1b3b3f

#0d1e1f

Tints

Color #55adb7 mixed toward white.

#71bbc3

#8ec8cf

#aad6db

#c6e4e7

#e3f1f3

Tones

Color #55adb7 mixed toward gray.

#5da6af

#65a0a7

#6d999e

#769396

#7e8c8e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.61:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.05:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.05:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8485b5 · ΔE 26.3

Deuteranopia

#7f78b4 · ΔE 29.1

Tritanopia

#5cb3b2 · ΔE 4.6

Achromatopsia

#a0a0a0 · ΔE 20

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Code

CSS

background-color: #55adb7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#55adb7]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#55adb7 (#55adb7) is rgb(85, 173, 183) in RGB.

No, #55adb7 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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