#55a6ca

Color #55a6ca

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Sky Blue #87ceeb · ΔE 15.38 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 7.1

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Conversions

HEX

#55a6ca

RGB

rgb(85, 166, 202)

HSL

hsl(198.5, 52.5%, 56.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(198.5, 57.9%, 79.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(57.9%, 17.8%, 0%, 20.8%)

LAB

lab(64.54, -14.29, -25.88)

LCH

lch(64.54, 29.56, 241.09)

OKLCH

oklch(68.8%, 0.0951, 229.31)

HWB

hwb(198.5, 33.3%, 20.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ca7955

Analogous

#55cab4

#55a6ca

#556bca

Triadic

#55a6ca

#ca55a6

#a6ca55

Split-complementary

#55a6ca

#ca556b

#cab455

Tetradic

#55a6ca

#7955ca

#ca7955

#a6ca55

Square

#55a6ca

#b455ca

#ca7955

#6bca55

Shades

Color #55a6ca mixed toward black.

#3990b6

#2d7392

#22566d

#173949

#0b1d24

Tints

Color #55a6ca mixed toward white.

#71b5d3

#8ec4dc

#aad2e5

#c6e1ed

#e3f0f6

Tones

Color #55a6ca mixed toward gray.

#5fa2c0

#699fb7

#729bad

#7c97a3

#869399

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.73:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.69:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.69:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8081c2 · ΔE 20.7

Deuteranopia

#7b75c0 · ΔE 23.1

Tritanopia

#5bbcba · ΔE 15.4

Achromatopsia

#9c9c9c · ΔE 18.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #55a6ca;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#55a6ca]

Related colors

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#55a6ca (#55a6ca) is rgb(85, 166, 202) in RGB.

No, #55a6ca is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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