Recognised as Colour

#55D3B1

#55D3B1
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Medium aquamarine

#55D3B1 is a cyan with RGB values 85, 211, 177 and HSL 164°, 59%, 58%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium aquamarine.

Colour values

#55D3B1#55D3B1

HEX#55D3B1

RGBrgb(85, 211, 177)

RGB (0–1)0.3333, 0.8275, 0.6941

RGB percentages33.3%, 82.7%, 69.4%

HSLhsl(163.8, 58.9%, 58%)

HSV / HSBhsv(163.8, 59.7%, 82.7%)

CMYK59.7%, 0%, 16.1%, 17.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,624,753

CSS custom property--colour: #55D3B1;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.51694WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness178.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.34:1

Contrast with white1.85:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.34:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B6B6B6

Inverted#AA2C4E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#CDC6AFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#BAB9B3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42.4 from the original

Tritanopia#00D5C9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.85:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.34:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium aquamarine · ΔE 5.2 Turquoise · ΔE 11.4 Aquamarine · ΔE 15.5 Medium turquoise · ΔE 15.9 Light seagreen · ΔE 18 Dark turquoise · ΔE 20.3

Nearest named CSS colourMedium aquamarine (#66CDAA)ΔE 5.18, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#D35577

Analogous#55D372, #55B6D3

Triadic#B155D3, #D3B155

Split complementary#D355B6, #D37255

Tetradic#7255D3, #D35577, #B6D355

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F7FDFB

Lighter +30%#CFF2E9

Lighter +20%#A6E8D6

Lighter +10%#7EDDC4

Darker −10%#32C39C

Darker −20%#289A7B

Darker −30%#1D725B

Darker −40%#13493A

More saturated +25%#3AEEBD

Less saturated −25%#70B8A5

Channel breakdown

R85

G211

B177

Red85 (33.3%)

Green211 (82.7%)

Blue177 (69.4%)

Hue163.81°

Saturation (HSL)58.88%

Lightness58.04%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 55 · G D3 · B B1

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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