Colour

#55EBFF

#55EBFF
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Dark turquoise

#55EBFF is a cyan with RGB values 85, 235, 255 and HSL 187°, 100%, 67%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark turquoise.

Colour values

#55EBFF#55EBFF

HEX#55EBFF

RGBrgb(85, 235, 255)

RGB (0–1)0.3333, 0.9216, 1

RGB percentages33.3%, 92.2%, 100%

HSLhsl(187.1, 100%, 66.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(187.1, 66.7%, 100%)

CMYK66.7%, 7.8%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,630,975

CSS custom property--colour: #55EBFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.68568WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness204.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.71:1

Contrast with white1.43:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.71:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CDCDCD

Inverted#AA1400

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D8E2FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#BFD0FFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 37.8 from the original

Tritanopia#00F5F1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.43:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.71:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 15.1 Medium turquoise · ΔE 16.5 Aqua · ΔE 17.2 Cyan · ΔE 17.2 Sky blue · ΔE 19.7 Pale turquoise · ΔE 20.6

Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)ΔE 15.08, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FF6955

Analogous#55FFBE, #5596FF

Triadic#FF55EB, #EBFF55

Split complementary#FF5596, #FFBE55

Tetradic#BE55FF, #FF6955, #96FF55

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#EEFDFF

Lighter +20%#BBF7FF

Lighter +10%#88F1FF

Darker −10%#22E5FF

Darker −20%#00D2EE

Darker −30%#00A5BB

Darker −40%#007888

More saturated +25%#55EBFF

Less saturated −25%#6ADBEA

Channel breakdown

R85

G235

B255

Red85 (33.3%)

Green235 (92.2%)

Blue255 (100%)

Hue187.06°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness66.67%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 55 · G EB · B FF

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

#55EBFF

Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

Keep nerding

Harmonies

Lighter and darker

Similar named colours

Nerdulate something else