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Recognised as Colour

#55E1CA

  • #55E1CA
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Turquoise

#55E1CA is a cyan with RGB values 85, 225, 202 and HSL 170°, 70%, 61%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#55E1CA#55E1CA
HEX#55E1CA
RGBrgb(85, 225, 202)
RGB (0–1)0.3333, 0.8824, 0.7922
RGB percentages33.3%, 88.2%, 79.2%
HSLhsl(170.1, 70%, 60.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(170.1, 62.2%, 88.2%)
CMYK62.2%, 0%, 10.2%, 11.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,628,362
CSS custom property--colour: #55E1CA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.60046WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness191.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.01:1
Contrast with white1.61:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.01:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C2C2C2
Inverted#AA1E35

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D8D4C9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43 from the original
Deuteranopia#C3C5CCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43.9 from the original
Tritanopia#00E5DAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.61:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.01:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 4.3Medium aquamarine · ΔE 11.3Medium turquoise · ΔE 11.3Aquamarine · ΔE 14.2Dark turquoise · ΔE 15.4Aqua · ΔE 17.7
Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 4.29, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E1556C
Analogous#55E184, #55B2E1
Triadic#CA55E1, #E1CA55
Split complementary#E155B2, #E18455
Tetradic#8455E1, #E1556C, #B2E155

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#D7F8F3
Lighter +20%#ACF0E5
Lighter +10%#80E9D8
Darker −10%#2AD9BC
Darker −20%#1FB199
Darker −30%#188573
Darker −40%#105A4E
More saturated +25%#3CFADB
Less saturated −25%#6EC8B9

Channel breakdown

R85
G225
B202
Red85 (33.3%)
Green225 (88.2%)
Blue202 (79.2%)
Hue170.14°
Saturation (HSL)70%
Lightness60.78%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 55 · G E1 · B CA

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