#55a99c

Color #55a99c

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Light Sea Green #20b2aa · ΔE 10.35 Nearest Tailwind class teal-500 #00bba7 · ΔE 6.8

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Conversions

HEX

#55a99c

RGB

rgb(85, 169, 156)

HSL

hsl(170.7, 33.1%, 49.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(170.7, 49.7%, 66.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(49.7%, 0%, 7.7%, 33.7%)

LAB

lab(63.92, -28.76, -1.13)

LCH

lch(63.92, 28.78, 182.25)

OKLCH

oklch(67.8%, 0.0845, 182.37)

HWB

hwb(170.7, 33.3%, 33.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a95562

Analogous

#55a972

#55a99c

#558ca9

Triadic

#55a99c

#9c55a9

#a99c55

Split-complementary

#55a99c

#a9558c

#a97255

Tetradic

#55a99c

#5562a9

#a95562

#a99c55

Square

#55a99c

#7255a9

#a95562

#8ca955

Shades

Color #55a99c mixed toward black.

#478d82

#397168

#2a554e

#1c3834

#0e1c1a

Tints

Color #55a99c mixed toward white.

#71b8ad

#8dc6bd

#aad4ce

#c6e2de

#e3f1ef

Tones

Color #55a99c mixed toward gray.

#5ca297

#639b92

#6a948d

#718d89

#788684

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.78:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.54:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.54:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#82839f · ΔE 28.2

Deuteranopia

#7d76a0 · ΔE 32.2

Tritanopia

#5ca2a2 · ΔE 5.8

Achromatopsia

#9b9b9b · ΔE 21.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #55a99c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#55a99c]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#55a99c (#55a99c) is rgb(85, 169, 156) in RGB.

No, #55a99c is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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