#55d8f0

Color #55d8f0

A vivid, highly saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Sky Blue #87ceeb · ΔE 13.76 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-400 #00d3f2 · ΔE 2.9

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Conversions

HEX

#55d8f0

RGB

rgb(85, 216, 240)

HSL

hsl(189.3, 83.8%, 63.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(189.3, 64.6%, 94.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(64.6%, 10%, 0%, 5.9%)

LAB

lab(80.36, -28.51, -22.36)

LCH

lch(80.36, 36.23, 218.11)

OKLCH

oklch(82%, 0.1175, 211.89)

HWB

hwb(189.3, 33.3%, 5.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#f06d55

Analogous

#55f0ba

#55d8f0

#558af0

Triadic

#55d8f0

#f055d8

#d8f055

Split-complementary

#55d8f0

#f0558a

#f0ba55

Tetradic

#55d8f0

#6d55f0

#f06d55

#d8f055

Square

#55d8f0

#ba55f0

#f06d55

#8af055

Shades

Color #55d8f0 mixed toward black.

#23cdec

#12abc7

#0d8095

#095564

#042b32

Tints

Color #55d8f0 mixed toward white.

#71def3

#8ee5f5

#aaebf8

#c6f2fa

#e3f8fd

Tones

Color #55d8f0 mixed toward gray.

#62cfe3

#6fc6d6

#7cbdc9

#89b4bc

#96abaf

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.68:1

Aa Black text on this color

12.47:1

Black text reads better on this background (12.47:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9fa1ea · ΔE 28.4

Deuteranopia

#988ee9 · ΔE 32.2

Tritanopia

#61e6e5 · ΔE 9

Achromatopsia

#c7c7c7 · ΔE 22.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #55d8f0;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#55d8f0]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Frequently asked questions

#55d8f0 (#55d8f0) is rgb(85, 216, 240) in RGB.

No, #55d8f0 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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