Recognised as Colour

#55BAD3

#55BAD3
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Sky blue

#55BAD3 is a cyan with RGB values 85, 186, 211 and HSL 192°, 59%, 58%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#55BAD3#55BAD3

HEX#55BAD3

RGBrgb(85, 186, 211)

RGB (0–1)0.3333, 0.7294, 0.8275

RGB percentages33.3%, 72.9%, 82.7%

HSLhsl(191.9, 58.9%, 58%)

HSV / HSBhsv(191.9, 59.7%, 82.7%)

CMYK59.7%, 11.8%, 0%, 17.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,618,387

CSS custom property--colour: #55BAD3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41752WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness166 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.35:1

Contrast with white2.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.35:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A6A6A6

Inverted#AA452C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A9B5D4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25 from the original

Deuteranopia#97A7D3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.7 from the original

Tritanopia#00C3C2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.25:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.35:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 11.2 Light skyblue · ΔE 16.1 Cadetblue · ΔE 17.1 Light blue · ΔE 19.9 Dark turquoise · ΔE 20.2 Medium turquoise · ΔE 21

Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 11.17, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#D36E55

Analogous#55D3AD, #557BD3

Triadic#D355BA, #BAD355

Split complementary#D3557B, #D3AD55

Tetradic#AD55D3, #D36E55, #7BD355

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#F7FCFD

Lighter +30%#CFEBF2

Lighter +20%#A6DBE8

Lighter +10%#7ECADD

Darker −10%#32A6C3

Darker −20%#28839A

Darker −30%#1D6172

Darker −40%#133E49

More saturated +25%#3ACAEE

Less saturated −25%#70AAB8

Channel breakdown

R85

G186

B211

Red85 (33.3%)

Green186 (72.9%)

Blue211 (82.7%)

Hue191.9°

Saturation (HSL)58.88%

Lightness58.04%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 55 · G BA · B D3

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Colour harmonies

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