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Recognised as Colour

#55E6CB

  • #55E6CB
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Turquoise

#55E6CB is a cyan with RGB values 85, 230, 203 and HSL 169°, 74%, 62%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#55E6CB#55E6CB
HEX#55E6CB
RGBrgb(85, 230, 203)
RGB (0–1)0.3333, 0.902, 0.7961
RGB percentages33.3%, 90.2%, 79.6%
HSLhsl(168.8, 74.4%, 61.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(168.8, 63%, 90.2%)
CMYK63%, 0%, 11.7%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,629,643
CSS custom property--colour: #55E6CB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.62837WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness194.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.57:1
Contrast with white1.55:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.57:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C5C5C5
Inverted#AA1934

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DDD9CAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#C8C9CDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 45.6 from the original
Tritanopia#00E9DEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.55:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.57:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 6.2Aquamarine · ΔE 11.8Medium aquamarine · ΔE 12.1Medium turquoise · ΔE 14.2Dark turquoise · ΔE 17.9Aqua · ΔE 17.9
Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 6.19, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E65570
Analogous#55E682, #55B9E6
Triadic#CB55E6, #E6CB55
Split complementary#E655B9, #E68255
Tetradic#8255E6, #E65570, #B9E655

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#DAFAF4
Lighter +20%#AEF3E6
Lighter +10%#81EDD9
Darker −10%#29DFBD
Darker −20%#1BBA9C
Darker −30%#158D77
Darker −40%#0E6151
More saturated +25%#3DFEDA
Less saturated −25%#6DCEBC

Channel breakdown

R85
G230
B203
Red85 (33.3%)
Green230 (90.2%)
Blue203 (79.6%)
Hue168.83°
Saturation (HSL)74.36%
Lightness61.76%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 55 · G E6 · B CB

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