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Colour

#55FFAA

  • #55FFAA
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Medium spring green

#55FFAA is a cyan with RGB values 85, 255, 170 and HSL 150°, 100%, 67%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium spring green.

Colour values

#55FFAA#55FFAA
HEX#55FFAA
HEX (short)#5FA
RGBrgb(85, 255, 170)
RGB (0–1)0.3333, 1, 0.6667
RGB percentages33.3%, 100%, 66.7%
HSLhsl(150, 100%, 66.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(150, 66.7%, 100%)
CMYK66.7%, 0%, 33.3%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,636,010
CSS custom property--colour: #55FFAA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.76354WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness208.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.27:1
Contrast with white1.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.27:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D5D5D5
Inverted#AA0055

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#FDECA5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 58.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#E7DCAFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 59.3 from the original
Tritanopia#00FDE9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.29:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.27:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium spring green · ΔE 9.8Pale green · ΔE 17.4Light green · ΔE 18.5Spring green · ΔE 23.9Aquamarine · ΔE 25Medium seagreen · ΔE 28.7
Nearest named CSS colourMedium spring green (#00FA9A)ΔE 9.8, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FF55AA
Analogous#55FF55, #55FFFF
Triadic#AA55FF, #FFAA55
Split complementary#FF55FF, #FF5555
Tetradic#5555FF, #FF55AA, #FFFF55

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EEFFF6
Lighter +20%#BBFFDD
Lighter +10%#88FFC3
Darker −10%#22FF90
Darker −20%#00EE77
Darker −30%#00BB5D
Darker −40%#008844
More saturated +25%#55FFAA
Less saturated −25%#6AEAAA

Channel breakdown

R85
G255
B170
Red85 (33.3%)
Green255 (100%)
Blue170 (66.7%)
Hue150°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness66.67%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 55 · G FF · B AA

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