#55bbd2

Color #55bbd2

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Sky Blue #87ceeb · ΔE 11.55 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 3.9

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Conversions

HEX

#55bbd2

RGB

rgb(85, 187, 210)

HSL

hsl(191, 58.1%, 57.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(191, 59.5%, 82.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(59.5%, 11%, 0%, 17.6%)

LAB

lab(70.95, -22.87, -20.48)

LCH

lch(70.95, 30.7, 221.84)

OKLCH

oklch(74.1%, 0.0995, 214.81)

HWB

hwb(191, 33.3%, 17.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d26c55

Analogous

#55d2aa

#55bbd2

#557cd2

Triadic

#55bbd2

#d255bb

#bbd255

Split-complementary

#55bbd2

#d2557c

#d2aa55

Tetradic

#55bbd2

#6c55d2

#d26c55

#bbd255

Square

#55bbd2

#aa55d2

#d26c55

#7cd255

Shades

Color #55bbd2 mixed toward black.

#33a8c2

#29869b

#1f6575

#15434e

#0a2227

Tints

Color #55bbd2 mixed toward white.

#71c6d9

#8ed2e1

#aadde8

#c6e8f0

#e3f4f7

Tones

Color #55bbd2 mixed toward gray.

#5fb4c7

#6aaebd

#74a7b3

#7fa1a8

#899a9e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.23:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.43:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.43:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8d8ecd · ΔE 25.6

Deuteranopia

#877fcb · ΔE 28.6

Tritanopia

#5ec8c8 · ΔE 9.1

Achromatopsia

#aeaeae · ΔE 20.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #55bbd2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#55bbd2]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Frequently asked questions

#55bbd2 (#55bbd2) is rgb(85, 187, 210) in RGB.

No, #55bbd2 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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