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Recognised as Colour

#55CDFE

  • #55CDFE
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#55CDFE is a cyan with RGB values 85, 205, 254 and HSL 197°, 99%, 66%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#55CDFE#55CDFE
HEX#55CDFE
RGBrgb(85, 205, 254)
RGB (0–1)0.3333, 0.8039, 0.9961
RGB percentages33.3%, 80.4%, 99.6%
HSLhsl(197.4, 98.8%, 66.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(197.4, 66.5%, 99.6%)
CMYK66.5%, 19.3%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,623,294
CSS custom property--colour: #55CDFE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.5275WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness184.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.55:1
Contrast with white1.82:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.55:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B7B7B7
Inverted#AA3201

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B3CAFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#9CB9FDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.6 from the original
Tritanopia#00DBDDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.82:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.55:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 9.8Deep skyblue · ΔE 10.2Sky blue · ΔE 13.3Light blue · ΔE 24.5Light steelblue · ΔE 25.6Powder blue · ΔE 27.6
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 9.8, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FE8655
Analogous#55FEDB, #5579FE
Triadic#FE55CD, #CDFE55
Split complementary#FE5579, #FEDB55
Tetradic#DB55FE, #FE8655, #78FE55

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EDFAFF
Lighter +20%#BAEBFF
Lighter +10%#88DCFE
Darker −10%#22BEFE
Darker −20%#01A8EC
Darker −30%#0184B9
Darker −40%#016086
More saturated +25%#54CDFF
Less saturated −25%#6AC4E9

Channel breakdown

R85
G205
B254
Red85 (33.3%)
Green205 (80.4%)
Blue254 (99.6%)
Hue197.4°
Saturation (HSL)98.83%
Lightness66.47%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 55 · G CD · B FE

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