#55c8df

Color #55c8df

A moderately saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Sky Blue #87ceeb · ΔE 11.49 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-400 #00d3f2 · ΔE 3.9

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Conversions

HEX

#55c8df

RGB

rgb(85, 200, 223)

HSL

hsl(190, 68.3%, 60.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(190, 61.9%, 87.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(61.9%, 10.3%, 0%, 12.5%)

LAB

lab(75.18, -25.6, -21.12)

LCH

lch(75.18, 33.19, 219.52)

OKLCH

oklch(77.6%, 0.1076, 213.01)

HWB

hwb(190, 33.3%, 12.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#df6c55

Analogous

#55dfb1

#55c8df

#5583df

Triadic

#55c8df

#df55c8

#c8df55

Split-complementary

#55c8df

#df5583

#dfb155

Tetradic

#55c8df

#6c55df

#df6c55

#c8df55

Square

#55c8df

#b155df

#df6c55

#83df55

Shades

Color #55c8df mixed toward black.

#2abad7

#2195ad

#187082

#104b56

#08252b

Tints

Color #55c8df mixed toward white.

#71d1e4

#8edaea

#aae3ef

#c6edf4

#e3f6fa

Tones

Color #55c8df mixed toward gray.

#61c0d3

#6cb9c8

#78b1bd

#83a9b1

#8fa2a6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.96:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.71:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.71:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9596da · ΔE 27.1

Deuteranopia

#8f86d8 · ΔE 30.3

Tritanopia

#5fd5d4 · ΔE 9.1

Achromatopsia

#b9b9b9 · ΔE 21.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #55c8df;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#55c8df]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Frequently asked questions

#55c8df (#55c8df) is rgb(85, 200, 223) in RGB.

No, #55c8df 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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