#55f5ff

Color #55f5ff

A vivid, highly saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Aqua #00ffff · ΔE 10.74 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-300 #53eafd · ΔE 3.8

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Conversions

HEX

#55f5ff

RGB

rgb(85, 245, 255)

HSL

hsl(183.5, 100%, 66.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(183.5, 66.7%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(66.7%, 3.9%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(89.13, -37.93, -17.01)

LCH

lch(89.13, 41.57, 204.15)

OKLCH

oklch(89.2%, 0.131, 201.12)

HWB

hwb(183.5, 33.3%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ff5f55

Analogous

#55ffb4

#55f5ff

#55a0ff

Triadic

#55f5ff

#ff55f5

#f5ff55

Split-complementary

#55f5ff

#ff55a0

#ffb455

Tetradic

#55f5ff

#5f55ff

#ff5f55

#f5ff55

Square

#55f5ff

#b455ff

#ff5f55

#a0ff55

Shades

Color #55f5ff mixed toward black.

#1cf2ff

#00d6e3

#00a0aa

#006b71

#003539

Tints

Color #55f5ff mixed toward white.

#71f7ff

#8ef8ff

#aafaff

#c6fcff

#e3fdff

Tones

Color #55f5ff mixed toward gray.

#63e9f1

#71dce3

#80d0d5

#8ec3c6

#9cb7b8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.32:1

Aa Black text on this color

15.89:1

Black text reads better on this background (15.89:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b2b4fd · ΔE 32.3

Deuteranopia

#a99dfc · ΔE 37.1

Tritanopia

#66fbfa · ΔE 3.7

Achromatopsia

#e0e0e0 · ΔE 23.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #55f5ff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#55f5ff]

Related colors

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#55f5ff (#55f5ff) is rgb(85, 245, 255) in RGB.

No, #55f5ff is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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