Colour

#55E7D5

#55E7D5
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Turquoise

#55E7D5 is a cyan with RGB values 85, 231, 213 and HSL 173°, 75%, 62%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#55E7D5#55E7D5

HEX#55E7D5

RGBrgb(85, 231, 213)

RGB (0–1)0.3333, 0.9059, 0.8353

RGB percentages33.3%, 90.6%, 83.5%

HSLhsl(172.6, 75.3%, 62%)

HSV / HSBhsv(172.6, 63.2%, 90.6%)

CMYK63.2%, 0%, 7.8%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,629,909

CSS custom property--colour: #55E7D5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.63887WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness196.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.78:1

Contrast with white1.52:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.78:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C7C7C7

Inverted#AA182A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DCDBD4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#C7CBD7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44 from the original

Tritanopia#00ECE1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.52:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.78:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 3.2 Medium turquoise · ΔE 10.5 Dark turquoise · ΔE 14.1 Aqua · ΔE 14.5 Cyan · ΔE 14.5 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 14.5

Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 3.17, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#E75567

Analogous#55E78C, #55B0E7

Triadic#D555E7, #E7D555

Split complementary#E755B0, #E78C55

Tetradic#8C55E7, #E75567, #B0E755

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#DBFAF6

Lighter +20%#AEF4EB

Lighter +10%#82EDE0

Darker −10%#28E1CA

Darker −20%#1ABCA8

Darker −30%#148F80

Darker −40%#0E6258

More saturated +25%#3DFFE7

Less saturated −25%#6DCFC3

Channel breakdown

R85

G231

B213

Red85 (33.3%)

Green231 (90.6%)

Blue213 (83.5%)

Hue172.6°

Saturation (HSL)75.26%

Lightness61.96%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 55 · G E7 · B D5

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