#55b9be

Color #55b9be

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Light Sea Green #20b2aa · ΔE 11.82 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 9.4

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Conversions

HEX

#55b9be

RGB

rgb(85, 185, 190)

HSL

hsl(182.9, 44.7%, 53.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(182.9, 55.3%, 74.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(55.3%, 2.6%, 0%, 25.5%)

LAB

lab(69.71, -27.57, -11.39)

LCH

lch(69.71, 29.83, 202.45)

OKLCH

oklch(72.9%, 0.0932, 199.76)

HWB

hwb(182.9, 33.3%, 25.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#be5a55

Analogous

#55be8f

#55b9be

#5584be

Triadic

#55b9be

#be55b9

#b9be55

Split-complementary

#55b9be

#be5584

#be8f55

Tetradic

#55b9be

#5a55be

#be5a55

#b9be55

Square

#55b9be

#8f55be

#be5a55

#84be55

Shades

Color #55b9be mixed toward black.

#3fa1a6

#338185

#266063

#194042

#0d2021

Tints

Color #55b9be mixed toward white.

#71c5c9

#8ed0d4

#aadcde

#c6e8e9

#e3f3f4

Tones

Color #55b9be mixed toward gray.

#5eb1b5

#66a9ac

#6fa1a4

#78999b

#819192

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.32:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.07:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.07:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8c8dbd · ΔE 27.9

Deuteranopia

#867ebd · ΔE 31.4

Tritanopia

#5dbcbc · ΔE 2.1

Achromatopsia

#aaaaaa · ΔE 21.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #55b9be;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#55b9be]

Related colors

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Frequently asked questions

#55b9be (#55b9be) is rgb(85, 185, 190) in RGB.

No, #55b9be is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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