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#55C2BB

#55c2bb ≈ Medium Turquoise

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#55c2bb is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 33.33% red, 76.08% green and 73.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 56.19% cyan, 0% magenta, 3.61% yellow and 23.92% black. Its hue angle is 176.15°, with 47.19% saturation and 54.71% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with freshness, technology and clarity. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 9.82:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Medium Turquoise (#48d1cc), ΔE 4.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#66cccc
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Relative luminance0.441

Complementary

  1. #55c2bb
  2. #c2555c

Split complementary

  1. #55c2bb
  2. #c25593
  3. #c28555

Analogous

  1. #55c285
  2. #55c2bb
  3. #5593c2

Triadic

  1. #55c2bb
  2. #bb55c2
  3. #c2bb55

Tetradic

  1. #55c2bb
  2. #555cc2
  3. #c2555c
  4. #c2bb55

Square

  1. #55c2bb
  2. #8555c2
  3. #c2555c
  4. #93c255

Monochromatic

  1. #215d59
  2. #35958f
  3. #55c2bb
  4. #8dd6d2
  5. #c6eae8

Shades

#55c2bb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #55c2bb
  2. #4dafa8
  3. #449b96
  4. #3c8883
  5. #337470
  6. #2b615e
  7. #224e4b
  8. #1a3a38
  9. #112725
  10. #091313
  11. #000000

Tints

#55c2bb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #55c2bb
  2. #66c8c2
  3. #77cec9
  4. #88d4cf
  5. #99dad6
  6. #aae1dd
  7. #bbe7e4
  8. #ccedeb
  9. #ddf3f1
  10. #eef9f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#55c2bb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #55c2bb
  2. #59bbb5
  3. #5eb5af
  4. #62aea9
  5. #66a8a3
  6. #6ba19e
  7. #6f9a98
  8. #739492
  9. #778d8c
  10. #7c8786
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.14:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.82:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b1b1b1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #95b8b5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b8b9bb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a7acbc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c7c0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9abdbb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8db5bc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #2dc5be ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-55c2bb {
  color: #55c2bb;
}
Background
.bg-55c2bb {
  background-color: #55c2bb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-55c2bb {
  border: 2px solid #55c2bb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #55c2bb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 85 194 187;
  --color-primary-hsl: 176 47% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-55c2bb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #55c2bb, #5593c2);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-55c2bb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(85 194 187 / 0.35);
}

#48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 4.00 #0abab5 Tiffany Blue ΔE 4.05 #43b3ae Verdigris ΔE 4.25 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 4.57 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 5.35 #20b2aa Light Sea Green ΔE 5.43 #40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 7.89 #aa3d44 Inverted #b1b1b1 Grayscale 

Medium Turquoise
#55c2bb  rgb(85, 194, 187)  hsl(176, 47%, 55%)  Medium Turquoise
#c2555c  rgb(194, 85, 92)  hsl(356, 47%, 55%)  Indian Red
#bb55c2  rgb(187, 85, 194)  hsl(296, 47%, 55%)  Medium Orchid
#c2bb55  rgb(194, 187, 85)  hsl(56, 47%, 55%)  Vegas Gold