Colour

#55DEE1

#55DEE1
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Medium turquoise

#55DEE1 is a cyan with RGB values 85, 222, 225 and HSL 181°, 70%, 61%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium turquoise.

Colour values

#55DEE1#55DEE1

HEX#55DEE1

RGBrgb(85, 222, 225)

RGB (0–1)0.3333, 0.8706, 0.8824

RGB percentages33.3%, 87.1%, 88.2%

HSLhsl(181.3, 70%, 60.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(181.3, 62.2%, 88.2%)

CMYK62.2%, 1.3%, 0%, 11.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,627,617

CSS custom property--colour: #55DEE1;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.5961WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness192 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.92:1

Contrast with white1.63:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.92:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C1C1C1

Inverted#AA211E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D0D4E1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#BAC4E2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38.6 from the original

Tritanopia#00E5DFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.63:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.92:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium turquoise · ΔE 6.5 Dark turquoise · ΔE 7.8 Turquoise · ΔE 12 Aqua · ΔE 15.8 Cyan · ΔE 15.8 Light seagreen · ΔE 17.1

Nearest named CSS colourMedium turquoise (#48D1CC)ΔE 6.52, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#E15855

Analogous#55E19E, #5598E1

Triadic#E155DE, #DEE155

Split complementary#E15598, #E19E55

Tetradic#9E55E1, #E15855, #98E155

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#D7F7F8

Lighter +20%#ACEFF0

Lighter +10%#80E6E9

Darker −10%#2AD6D9

Darker −20%#1FAEB1

Darker −30%#188385

Darker −40%#10595A

More saturated +25%#3CF6FA

Less saturated −25%#6EC6C8

Channel breakdown

R85

G222

B225

Red85 (33.3%)

Green222 (87.1%)

Blue225 (88.2%)

Hue181.29°

Saturation (HSL)70%

Lightness60.78%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 55 · G DE · B E1

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