Colour

#55FFAF

#55FFAF
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Medium spring green

#55FFAF is a cyan with RGB values 85, 255, 175 and HSL 152°, 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

#55FFAF#55FFAF

HEX#55FFAF

RGBrgb(85, 255, 175)

RGB (0–1)0.3333, 1, 0.6863

RGB percentages33.3%, 100%, 68.6%

HSLhsl(151.8, 100%, 66.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(151.8, 66.7%, 100%)

CMYK66.7%, 0%, 31.4%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,636,015

CSS custom property--colour: #55FFAF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.76546WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness209.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.31:1

Contrast with white1.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.31:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D5D5D5

Inverted#AA0050

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FDECAAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 58.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#E7DCB4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 59 from the original

Tritanopia#00FEEAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.3 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 text16.31:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium spring green · ΔE 11.8 Pale green · ΔE 18.2 Light green · ΔE 19 Aquamarine · ΔE 22.6 Spring green · ΔE 26.4 Medium seagreen · ΔE 28.1

Nearest named CSS colourMedium spring green (#00FA9A)ΔE 11.84, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FF55A5

Analogous#55FF5A, #55FAFF

Triadic#AF55FF, #FFAF55

Split complementary#FF55FA, #FF5A55

Tetradic#5A55FF, #FF55A5, #FAFF55

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#EEFFF7

Lighter +20%#BBFFDF

Lighter +10%#88FFC7

Darker −10%#22FF97

Darker −20%#00EE7E

Darker −30%#00BB63

Darker −40%#008848

More saturated +25%#55FFAF

Less saturated −25%#6AEAAE

Channel breakdown

R85

G255

B175

Red85 (33.3%)

Green255 (100%)

Blue175 (68.6%)

Hue151.76°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness66.67%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 55 · G FF · B AF

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