#55ddeb

Color #55ddeb

A vivid, highly saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Dark Turquoise #00ced1 · ΔE 10.84 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-300 #53eafd · ΔE 3.2

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Conversions

HEX

#55ddeb

RGB

rgb(85, 221, 235)

HSL

hsl(185.6, 78.9%, 62.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(185.6, 63.8%, 92.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(63.8%, 6%, 0%, 7.8%)

LAB

lab(81.64, -32.35, -17.77)

LCH

lch(81.64, 36.91, 208.78)

OKLCH

oklch(82.9%, 0.1176, 204.78)

HWB

hwb(185.6, 33.3%, 7.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#eb6355

Analogous

#55ebae

#55ddeb

#5592eb

Triadic

#55ddeb

#eb55dd

#ddeb55

Split-complementary

#55ddeb

#eb5592

#ebae55

Tetradic

#55ddeb

#6355eb

#eb6355

#ddeb55

Square

#55ddeb

#ae55eb

#eb6355

#92eb55

Shades

Color #55ddeb mixed toward black.

#25d3e5

#16afbf

#11838f

#0b575f

#062c30

Tints

Color #55ddeb mixed toward white.

#71e3ee

#8ee8f2

#aaeef5

#c6f4f8

#e3f9fc

Tones

Color #55ddeb mixed toward gray.

#61d3de

#6ec9d2

#7abec5

#87b4b9

#93aaac

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.62:1

Aa Black text on this color

12.93:1

Black text reads better on this background (12.93:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a3a4e8 · ΔE 30.2

Deuteranopia

#9b90e7 · ΔE 34.3

Tritanopia

#62e5e4 · ΔE 5.4

Achromatopsia

#cbcbcb · ΔE 22.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #55ddeb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#55ddeb]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#55ddeb (#55ddeb) is rgb(85, 221, 235) in RGB.

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

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