#55d4ff

Color #55d4ff

A vivid, highly saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Light Sky Blue #87cefa · ΔE 11.55 Nearest Tailwind class sky-300 #74d4ff · ΔE 2.8

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Conversions

HEX

#55d4ff

RGB

rgb(85, 212, 255)

HSL

hsl(195.2, 100%, 66.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(195.2, 66.7%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(66.7%, 16.9%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(79.75, -22.04, -31.28)

LCH

lch(79.75, 38.26, 234.83)

OKLCH

oklch(81.6%, 0.1256, 224.1)

HWB

hwb(195.2, 33.3%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ff8055

Analogous

#55ffd5

#55d4ff

#557fff

Triadic

#55d4ff

#ff55d4

#d4ff55

Split-complementary

#55d4ff

#ff557f

#ffd555

Tetradic

#55d4ff

#8055ff

#ff8055

#d4ff55

Square

#55d4ff

#d555ff

#ff8055

#7fff55

Shades

Color #55d4ff mixed toward black.

#1cc6ff

#00a9e3

#007faa

#005571

#002a39

Tints

Color #55d4ff mixed toward white.

#71dbff

#8ee2ff

#aae9ff

#c6f1ff

#e3f8ff

Tones

Color #55d4ff mixed toward gray.

#63cdf1

#71c6e3

#80bfd5

#8eb8c6

#9cb1b8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.71:1

Aa Black text on this color

12.25:1

Black text reads better on this background (12.25:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9d9ef5 · ΔE 26.1

Deuteranopia

#968cf3 · ΔE 29.5

Tritanopia

#61eeec · ΔE 15.6

Achromatopsia

#c6c6c6 · ΔE 21.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #55d4ff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#55d4ff]

Related colors

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Charcoal #36454f

Frequently asked questions

#55d4ff (#55d4ff) is rgb(85, 212, 255) in RGB.

No, #55d4ff is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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