#55bbd3

Color #55bbd3

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Sky Blue #87ceeb · ΔE 11.29 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 3.7

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Conversions

HEX

#55bbd3

RGB

rgb(85, 187, 211)

HSL

hsl(191.4, 58.9%, 58%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(191.4, 59.7%, 82.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(59.7%, 11.4%, 0%, 17.3%)

LAB

lab(70.99, -22.58, -20.97)

LCH

lch(70.99, 30.82, 222.88)

OKLCH

oklch(74.1%, 0.1, 215.6)

HWB

hwb(191.4, 33.3%, 17.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d36d55

Analogous

#55d3ac

#55bbd3

#557cd3

Triadic

#55bbd3

#d355bb

#bbd355

Split-complementary

#55bbd3

#d3557c

#d3ac55

Tetradic

#55bbd3

#6d55d3

#d36d55

#bbd355

Square

#55bbd3

#ac55d3

#d36d55

#7cd355

Shades

Color #55bbd3 mixed toward black.

#33a8c4

#29879d

#1e6576

#14434e

#0a2227

Tints

Color #55bbd3 mixed toward white.

#71c6da

#8ed2e2

#aadde9

#c6e8f0

#e3f4f8

Tones

Color #55bbd3 mixed toward gray.

#5fb4c8

#6aaebe

#74a7b3

#7fa1a9

#899a9e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.23:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.44:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.44:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8d8ece · ΔE 25.5

Deuteranopia

#877fcc · ΔE 28.4

Tritanopia

#5ec9c8 · ΔE 9.8

Achromatopsia

#aeaeae · ΔE 20.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #55bbd3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#55bbd3]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Frequently asked questions

#55bbd3 (#55bbd3) is rgb(85, 187, 211) in RGB.

No, #55bbd3 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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