#55bcbf

Color #55bcbf

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Light Sea Green #20b2aa · ΔE 10.85 Nearest Tailwind class teal-500 #00bba7 · ΔE 9.5

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Conversions

HEX

#55bcbf

RGB

rgb(85, 188, 191)

HSL

hsl(181.7, 45.3%, 54.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(181.7, 55.5%, 74.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(55.5%, 1.6%, 0%, 25.1%)

LAB

lab(70.63, -28.77, -10.57)

LCH

lch(70.63, 30.65, 200.17)

OKLCH

oklch(73.6%, 0.0951, 197.88)

HWB

hwb(181.7, 33.3%, 25.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bf5855

Analogous

#55bf8d

#55bcbf

#5587bf

Triadic

#55bcbf

#bf55bc

#bcbf55

Split-complementary

#55bcbf

#bf5587

#bf8d55

Tetradic

#55bcbf

#5855bf

#bf5855

#bcbf55

Square

#55bcbf

#8d55bf

#bf5855

#87bf55

Shades

Color #55bcbf mixed toward black.

#3fa4a7

#328386

#266264

#194243

#0d2121

Tints

Color #55bcbf mixed toward white.

#71c7ca

#8ed2d4

#aadddf

#c6e9ea

#e3f4f4

Tones

Color #55bcbf mixed toward gray.

#5eb4b6

#67abad

#6fa3a4

#789b9c

#819293

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.25:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.33:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.33:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8e8fbe · ΔE 28.4

Deuteranopia

#8880be · ΔE 32

Tritanopia

#5ebebe · ΔE 1.4

Achromatopsia

#adadad · ΔE 21.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #55bcbf;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#55bcbf]

Related colors

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Frequently asked questions

#55bcbf (#55bcbf) is rgb(85, 188, 191) in RGB.

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

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