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Recognised as Colour

#55ECDC

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

#55ECDC is a cyan with RGB values 85, 236, 220 and HSL 174°, 80%, 63%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#55ECDC#55ECDC
HEX#55ECDC
RGBrgb(85, 236, 220)
RGB (0–1)0.3333, 0.9255, 0.8627
RGB percentages33.3%, 92.5%, 86.3%
HSLhsl(173.6, 79.9%, 62.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(173.6, 64%, 92.5%)
CMYK64%, 0%, 6.8%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,631,196
CSS custom property--colour: #55ECDC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.6709WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness200.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.42:1
Contrast with white1.46:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.42:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CBCBCB
Inverted#AA1323

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E1DFDCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#CACFDEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44.7 from the original
Tritanopia#00F1E7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.46:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.42:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 4.4Medium turquoise · ΔE 11.4Aqua · ΔE 12.5Cyan · ΔE 12.5Dark turquoise · ΔE 14.3Aquamarine · ΔE 15.4
Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 4.36, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EC5565
Analogous#55EC90, #55B1EC
Triadic#DC55EC, #ECDC55
Split complementary#EC55B1, #EC9055
Tetradic#9055EC, #EC5565, #B1EC55

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#DFFBF8
Lighter +20%#B1F6EF
Lighter +10%#83F1E5
Darker −10%#27E7D3
Darker −20%#16C5B2
Darker −30%#119789
Darker −40%#0C695F
More saturated +25%#42FFEB
Less saturated −25%#6DD4C9

Channel breakdown

R85
G236
B220
Red85 (33.3%)
Green236 (92.5%)
Blue220 (86.3%)
Hue173.64°
Saturation (HSL)79.89%
Lightness62.94%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 55 · G EC · B DC

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