#55cac5

Color #55cac5

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Medium Turquoise #48d1cc · ΔE 4.11 Nearest Tailwind class teal-400 #00d5be · ΔE 7.1

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Conversions

HEX

#55cac5

RGB

rgb(85, 202, 197)

HSL

hsl(177.4, 52.5%, 56.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(177.4, 57.9%, 79.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(57.9%, 0%, 2.5%, 20.8%)

LAB

lab(74.95, -33.85, -7.41)

LCH

lch(74.95, 34.65, 192.35)

OKLCH

oklch(77.1%, 0.105, 191.31)

HWB

hwb(177.4, 33.3%, 20.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ca555a

Analogous

#55ca8a

#55cac5

#5595ca

Triadic

#55cac5

#c555ca

#cac555

Split-complementary

#55cac5

#ca5595

#ca8a55

Tetradic

#55cac5

#555aca

#ca555a

#cac555

Square

#55cac5

#8a55ca

#ca555a

#95ca55

Shades

Color #55cac5 mixed toward black.

#39b6b1

#2d928e

#226d6a

#174947

#0b2423

Tints

Color #55cac5 mixed toward white.

#71d3cf

#8edcd8

#aae5e2

#c6edec

#e3f6f5

Tones

Color #55cac5 mixed toward gray.

#5fc0bc

#69b7b3

#72adaa

#7ca3a1

#869998

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.97:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.64:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.64:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9798c6 · ΔE 30.1

Deuteranopia

#9087c7 · ΔE 34.6

Tritanopia

#60c7c7 · ΔE 2.4

Achromatopsia

#b8b8b8 · ΔE 22.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #55cac5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#55cac5]

Related colors

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Frequently asked questions

#55cac5 (#55cac5) is rgb(85, 202, 197) in RGB.

No, #55cac5 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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