Colour

#55FFEE

#55FFEE
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Aqua

#55FFEE is a cyan with RGB values 85, 255, 238 and HSL 174°, 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 Aqua.

Colour values

#55FFEE#55FFEE

HEX#55FFEE

HEX (short)#5FE

RGBrgb(85, 255, 238)

RGB (0–1)0.3333, 1, 0.9333

RGB percentages33.3%, 100%, 93.3%

HSLhsl(174, 100%, 66.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(174, 66.7%, 100%)

CMYK66.7%, 0%, 6.7%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,636,078

CSS custom property--colour: #55FFEE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.79624WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness216.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.92:1

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

Contrast with black16.92:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DADADA

Inverted#AA0011

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F2F1EEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 47.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#DADFF0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 48.7 from the original

Tritanopia#00FFF9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.3 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 text16.92:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aqua · ΔE 9.6 Cyan · ΔE 9.6 Turquoise · ΔE 10.7 Aquamarine · ΔE 14.4 Medium turquoise · ΔE 17.9 Dark turquoise · ΔE 19.7

Nearest named CSS colourAqua (#00FFFF)ΔE 9.58, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FF5566

Analogous#55FF99, #55BBFF

Triadic#EE55FF, #FFEE55

Split complementary#FF55BB, #FF9955

Tetradic#9955FF, #FF5566, #BBFF55

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#EEFFFD

Lighter +20%#BBFFF8

Lighter +10%#88FFF3

Darker −10%#22FFE9

Darker −20%#00EED6

Darker −30%#00BBA8

Darker −40%#00887A

More saturated +25%#55FFEE

Less saturated −25%#6AEADD

Channel breakdown

R85

G255

B238

Red85 (33.3%)

Green255 (100%)

Blue238 (93.3%)

Hue174°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness66.67%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 55 · G FF · B EE

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