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Recognised as Colour

#55BCAE

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

#55BCAE is a cyan with RGB values 85, 188, 174 and HSL 172°, 43%, 54%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#55BCAE#55BCAE
HEX#55BCAE
RGBrgb(85, 188, 174)
RGB (0–1)0.3333, 0.7373, 0.6824
RGB percentages33.3%, 73.7%, 68.2%
HSLhsl(171.8, 43.5%, 53.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(171.8, 54.8%, 73.7%)
CMYK54.8%, 0%, 7.4%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,618,862
CSS custom property--colour: #55BCAE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40954WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness162.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.19:1
Contrast with white2.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.19:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A5A5A5
Inverted#AA4351

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B4B2AEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#A4A6AFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.5 from the original
Tritanopia#00BFB8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.28:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.19:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 7.5Medium turquoise · ΔE 10.1Medium aquamarine · ΔE 12.7Dark turquoise · ΔE 14.3Turquoise · ΔE 15.6Cadetblue · ΔE 17.2
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 7.47, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BC5563
Analogous#55BC7A, #5596BC
Triadic#AE55BC, #BCAE55
Split complementary#BC5596, #BC7A55
Tetradic#7B55BC, #BC5563, #96BC55

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E7F6F4
Lighter +30%#C3E7E2
Lighter +20%#9ED9D1
Lighter +10%#7ACABF
Darker −10%#3F9F92
Darker −20%#307B71
Darker −30%#22564F
Darker −40%#14312D
More saturated +25%#37DAC4
Less saturated −25%#739E98

Channel breakdown

R85
G188
B174
Red85 (33.3%)
Green188 (73.7%)
Blue174 (68.2%)
Hue171.84°
Saturation (HSL)43.46%
Lightness53.53%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 55 · G BC · B AE

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