Colour

#55BDE7

#55BDE7
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Light skyblue

#55BDE7 is a cyan with RGB values 85, 189, 231 and HSL 197°, 75%, 62%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

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HEX#55BDE7

RGBrgb(85, 189, 231)

RGB (0–1)0.3333, 0.7412, 0.9059

RGB percentages33.3%, 74.1%, 90.6%

HSLhsl(197.3, 75.3%, 62%)

HSV / HSBhsv(197.3, 63.2%, 90.6%)

CMYK63.2%, 18.2%, 0%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,619,175

CSS custom property--colour: #55BDE7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.44096WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness170.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.82:1

Contrast with white2.14:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.82:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#AAAAAA

Inverted#AA4218

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A7BAE9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#92ABE6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.4 from the original

Tritanopia#00C9CBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.14:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.82:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 10.1 Sky blue · ΔE 11.4 Deep skyblue · ΔE 12.7 Light blue · ΔE 22.7 Light steelblue · ΔE 22.8 Steel blue · ΔE 24.1

Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 10.14, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#E77F55

Analogous#55E7C8, #5574E7

Triadic#E755BD, #BDE755

Split complementary#E75574, #E7C855

Tetradic#C855E7, #E77F55, #74E755

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#DBF1FA

Lighter +20%#AEE0F4

Lighter +10%#82CEED

Darker −10%#28ACE1

Darker −20%#1A8DBC

Darker −30%#146C8F

Darker −40%#0E4A62

More saturated +25%#3DC7FF

Less saturated −25%#6DB3CF

Channel breakdown

R85

G189

B231

Red85 (33.3%)

Green189 (74.1%)

Blue231 (90.6%)

Hue197.26°

Saturation (HSL)75.26%

Lightness61.96%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 55 · G BD · B E7

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