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Recognised as Colour

#55E6A0

  • #55E6A0
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light green

#55E6A0 is a cyan with RGB values 85, 230, 160 and HSL 151°, 74%, 62%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light green.

Colour values

#55E6A0#55E6A0
HEX#55E6A0
RGBrgb(85, 230, 160)
RGB (0–1)0.3333, 0.902, 0.6275
RGB percentages33.3%, 90.2%, 62.7%
HSLhsl(151, 74.4%, 61.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(151, 63%, 90.2%)
CMYK63%, 0%, 30.4%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,629,600
CSS custom property--colour: #55E6A0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.61063WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness190.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.21:1
Contrast with white1.59:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.21:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C2C2C2
Inverted#AA195F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E4D59Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 51.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#D1C7A4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 52.7 from the original
Tritanopia#00E5D3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.59:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.21:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light green · ΔE 16.8Medium seagreen · ΔE 18.3Aquamarine · ΔE 18.7Pale green · ΔE 18.8Medium spring green · ΔE 19.3Medium aquamarine · ΔE 22.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight green (#90EE90)ΔE 16.8, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E6559B
Analogous#55E658, #55E4E6
Triadic#A055E6, #E6A055
Split complementary#E655E3, #E65855
Tetradic#5855E6, #E6559B, #E3E655

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#DAFAEB
Lighter +20%#AEF3D2
Lighter +10%#81EDB9
Darker −10%#29DF87
Darker −20%#1BBA6D
Darker −30%#158D53
Darker −40%#0E6139
More saturated +25%#3DFEA1
Less saturated −25%#6DCE9F

Channel breakdown

R85
G230
B160
Red85 (33.3%)
Green230 (90.2%)
Blue160 (62.7%)
Hue151.03°
Saturation (HSL)74.36%
Lightness61.76%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 55 · G E6 · B A0

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