#55978f

Color #55978f

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 6.81 Nearest Tailwind class teal-600 #009689 · ΔE 6.2

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Conversions

HEX

#55978f

RGB

rgb(85, 151, 143)

HSL

hsl(172.7, 28%, 46.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(172.7, 43.7%, 59.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(43.7%, 0%, 5.3%, 40.8%)

LAB

lab(58.08, -23.07, -2.37)

LCH

lch(58.08, 23.19, 185.87)

OKLCH

oklch(63%, 0.0689, 185.58)

HWB

hwb(172.7, 33.3%, 40.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#97555d

Analogous

#55976e

#55978f

#557e97

Triadic

#55978f

#8f5597

#978f55

Split-complementary

#55978f

#97557e

#976e55

Tetradic

#55978f

#555d97

#97555d

#978f55

Square

#55978f

#6e5597

#97555d

#7e9755

Shades

Color #55978f mixed toward black.

#477e77

#39655f

#2b4c48

#1c3230

#0e1918

Tints

Color #55978f mixed toward white.

#6dada5

#8abdb7

#a7cec9

#c5dedb

#e2efed

Tones

Color #55978f mixed toward gray.

#5b928b

#608c87

#668783

#6b817e

#717c7a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.38:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.21:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.21:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#777891 · ΔE 26.1

Deuteranopia

#736e91 · ΔE 29.7

Tritanopia

#5a9393 · ΔE 4

Achromatopsia

#8c8c8c · ΔE 19.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #55978f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#55978f]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#55978f (#55978f) is rgb(85, 151, 143) in RGB.

No, #55978f is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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