#55908c

Color #55908c

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 6.36 Nearest Tailwind class teal-600 #009689 · ΔE 7.5

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Conversions

HEX

#55908c

RGB

rgb(85, 144, 140)

HSL

hsl(175.9, 25.8%, 44.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(175.9, 41%, 56.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(41%, 0%, 2.8%, 43.5%)

LAB

lab(55.86, -20.21, -3.93)

LCH

lch(55.86, 20.59, 191)

OKLCH

oklch(61.2%, 0.0622, 190.1)

HWB

hwb(175.9, 33.3%, 43.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#905559

Analogous

#55906e

#55908c

#557790

Triadic

#55908c

#8c5590

#908c55

Split-complementary

#55908c

#905577

#906e55

Tetradic

#55908c

#555990

#905559

#908c55

Square

#55908c

#6e5590

#905559

#779055

Shades

Color #55908c mixed toward black.

#477875

#39605d

#2a4846

#1c302f

#0e1817

Tints

Color #55908c mixed toward white.

#6ca8a4

#89b9b6

#a7cbc8

#c4dcdb

#e2eeed

Tones

Color #55908c mixed toward gray.

#5a8b88

#5f8683

#64817f

#697c7b

#6e7777

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.65:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.75:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.75:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#73748d · ΔE 24.8

Deuteranopia

#706b8d · ΔE 28.4

Tritanopia

#598e8e · ΔE 2.3

Achromatopsia

#868686 · ΔE 18

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Code

CSS

background-color: #55908c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#55908c]

Related colors

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Turquoise #40e0d0

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#55908c (#55908c) is rgb(85, 144, 140) in RGB.

No, #55908c is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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