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Recognised as Colour

#55ADA0

  • #55ADA0
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#55ADA0 is a cyan with RGB values 85, 173, 160 and HSL 171°, 35%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#55ADA0#55ADA0
HEX#55ADA0
RGBrgb(85, 173, 160)
RGB (0–1)0.3333, 0.6784, 0.6275
RGB percentages33.3%, 67.8%, 62.7%
HSLhsl(171.1, 34.9%, 50.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(171.1, 50.9%, 67.8%)
CMYK50.9%, 0%, 7.5%, 32.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,615,008
CSS custom property--colour: #55ADA0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34357WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness150.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.87:1
Contrast with white2.67:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.87:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#999999
Inverted#AA525F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A6A5A0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#989AA1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.5 from the original
Tritanopia#26B0A9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.67:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.87:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 9.3Cadetblue · ΔE 12.4Dark cyan · ΔE 15.1Medium turquoise · ΔE 15.6Medium aquamarine · ΔE 16.7Teal · ΔE 18.4
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 9.25, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AD5562
Analogous#55AD74, #558EAD
Triadic#A055AD, #ADA055
Split complementary#AD558E, #AD7455
Tetradic#7455AD, #AD5562, #8EAD55

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DFEFED
Lighter +30%#BCDFDA
Lighter +20%#9ACEC6
Lighter +10%#77BEB3
Darker −10%#438C81
Darker −20%#336961
Darker −30%#224741
Darker −40%#122422
More saturated +25%#35CDB6
Less saturated −25%#748E8A

Channel breakdown

R85
G173
B160
Red85 (33.3%)
Green173 (67.8%)
Blue160 (62.7%)
Hue171.14°
Saturation (HSL)34.92%
Lightness50.59%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 55 · G AD · B A0

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