#55cfde

Color #55cfde

A moderately saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Dark Turquoise #00ced1 · ΔE 11.61 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-400 #00d3f2 · ΔE 4.6

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Conversions

HEX

#55cfde

RGB

rgb(85, 207, 222)

HSL

hsl(186.6, 67.5%, 60.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(186.6, 61.7%, 87.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(61.7%, 6.8%, 0%, 12.9%)

LAB

lab(77.18, -29.32, -17.56)

LCH

lch(77.18, 34.18, 210.92)

OKLCH

oklch(79.2%, 0.1093, 206.47)

HWB

hwb(186.6, 33.3%, 12.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#de6455

Analogous

#55dea9

#55cfde

#558ade

Triadic

#55cfde

#de55cf

#cfde55

Split-complementary

#55cfde

#de558a

#dea955

Tetradic

#55cfde

#6455de

#de6455

#cfde55

Square

#55cfde

#a955de

#de6455

#8ade55

Shades

Color #55cfde mixed toward black.

#2ac3d6

#219cab

#197581

#114e56

#08272b

Tints

Color #55cfde mixed toward white.

#71d7e4

#8edfe9

#aae7ef

#c6eff4

#e3f7fa

Tones

Color #55cfde mixed toward gray.

#60c6d3

#6cbdc7

#77b4bc

#83abb0

#8ea2a5

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

#9a9bda · ΔE 28.8

Deuteranopia

#9389da · ΔE 32.6

Tritanopia

#60d8d7 · ΔE 6

Achromatopsia

#bfbfbf · ΔE 22.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #55cfde;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#55cfde]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#55cfde (#55cfde) is rgb(85, 207, 222) in RGB.

No, #55cfde 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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