#55ccf7

Color #55ccf7

A vivid, highly saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Light Sky Blue #87cefa · ΔE 10.23 Nearest Tailwind class sky-300 #74d4ff · ΔE 3.2

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Conversions

HEX

#55ccf7

RGB

rgb(85, 204, 247)

HSL

hsl(195.9, 91%, 65.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(195.9, 65.6%, 96.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(65.6%, 17.4%, 0%, 3.1%)

LAB

lab(77.18, -20.43, -30.97)

LCH

lch(77.18, 37.1, 236.59)

OKLCH

oklch(79.5%, 0.1214, 225.43)

HWB

hwb(195.9, 33.3%, 3.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#f78055

Analogous

#55f7d1

#55ccf7

#557bf7

Triadic

#55ccf7

#f755cc

#ccf755

Split-complementary

#55ccf7

#f7557b

#f7d155

Tetradic

#55ccf7

#8055f7

#f78055

#ccf755

Square

#55ccf7

#d155f7

#f78055

#7bf755

Shades

Color #55ccf7 mixed toward black.

#20bcf5

#0a9ed3

#07779f

#054f6a

#022835

Tints

Color #55ccf7 mixed toward white.

#71d5f8

#8eddfa

#aae6fb

#c6eefc

#e3f7fe

Tones

Color #55ccf7 mixed toward gray.

#63c6e9

#70bfdc

#7eb9ce

#8bb3c1

#99acb4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.85:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.37:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.37:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9899ee · ΔE 25.1

Deuteranopia

#9188eb · ΔE 28.4

Tritanopia

#60e6e4 · ΔE 15.9

Achromatopsia

#bfbfbf · ΔE 21.4

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #55ccf7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#55ccf7]

Related colors

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Frequently asked questions

#55ccf7 (#55ccf7) is rgb(85, 204, 247) in RGB.

No, #55ccf7 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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