#55c8d9

Color #55c8d9

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Dark Turquoise #00ced1 · ΔE 13.53 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-400 #00d3f2 · ΔE 4.7

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Conversions

HEX

#55c8d9

RGB

rgb(85, 200, 217)

HSL

hsl(187.7, 63.5%, 59.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(187.7, 60.8%, 85.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(60.8%, 7.8%, 0%, 14.9%)

LAB

lab(74.98, -27.34, -18.18)

LCH

lch(74.98, 32.83, 213.62)

OKLCH

oklch(77.4%, 0.1054, 208.56)

HWB

hwb(187.7, 33.3%, 14.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d96655

Analogous

#55d9a8

#55c8d9

#5586d9

Triadic

#55c8d9

#d955c8

#c8d955

Split-complementary

#55c8d9

#d95586

#d9a855

Tetradic

#55c8d9

#6655d9

#d96655

#c8d955

Square

#55c8d9

#a855d9

#d96655

#86d955

Shades

Color #55c8d9 mixed toward black.

#2eb9ce

#2594a5

#1c6f7b

#124a52

#092529

Tints

Color #55c8d9 mixed toward white.

#71d1df

#8edae6

#aae4ec

#c6edf2

#e3f6f9

Tones

Color #55c8d9 mixed toward gray.

#60c0ce

#6bb8c3

#76b0b8

#81a7ad

#8c9fa2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.97:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.65:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.65:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9596d5 · ΔE 27.9

Deuteranopia

#8f86d4 · ΔE 31.3

Tritanopia

#5fd2d1 · ΔE 6.9

Achromatopsia

#b9b9b9 · ΔE 21.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #55c8d9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#55c8d9]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Aqua #00ffff

Frequently asked questions

#55c8d9 (#55c8d9) is rgb(85, 200, 217) in RGB.

No, #55c8d9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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