Recognised as Colour

#55FFEB

#55FFEB
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Turquoise

#55FFEB is a cyan with RGB values 85, 255, 235 and HSL 173°, 100%, 67%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#55FFEB#55FFEB

HEX#55FFEB

RGBrgb(85, 255, 235)

RGB (0–1)0.3333, 1, 0.9216

RGB percentages33.3%, 100%, 92.2%

HSLhsl(172.9, 100%, 66.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(172.9, 66.7%, 100%)

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

24-bit integer5,636,075

CSS custom property--colour: #55FFEB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.79449WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness215.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.89:1

Contrast with white1.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.89:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D9D9D9

Inverted#AA0014

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F3F1EAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 47.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#DADFEDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 48.9 from the original

Tritanopia#00FFF9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.24:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.89:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 10.8 Aqua · ΔE 11 Cyan · ΔE 11 Aquamarine · ΔE 13.1 Medium turquoise · ΔE 18.6 Dark turquoise · ΔE 20.6

Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 10.83, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FF5569

Analogous#55FF96, #55BEFF

Triadic#EB55FF, #FFEB55

Split complementary#FF55BE, #FF9655

Tetradic#9655FF, #FF5569, #BEFF55

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#EEFFFD

Lighter +20%#BBFFF7

Lighter +10%#88FFF1

Darker −10%#22FFE5

Darker −20%#00EED2

Darker −30%#00BBA5

Darker −40%#008878

More saturated +25%#55FFEB

Less saturated −25%#6AEADB

Channel breakdown

R85

G255

B235

Red85 (33.3%)

Green255 (100%)

Blue235 (92.2%)

Hue172.94°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness66.67%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 55 · G FF · B EB

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