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#55E4FF

#55e4ff ≈ Electric Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#55e4ff is a color from the cyan family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 33.33% red, 89.41% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 66.67% cyan, 10.59% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 189.53°, with 100% saturation and 66.67% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 13.93:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Electric Blue (#7df9ff), ΔE 7.96.

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Web safe#66ccff
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Relative luminance0.6464

Complementary

  1. #55e4ff
  2. #ff7055

Split complementary

  1. #55e4ff
  2. #ff558f
  3. #ffc555

Analogous

  1. #55ffc5
  2. #55e4ff
  3. #558fff

Triadic

  1. #55e4ff
  2. #ff55e4
  3. #e4ff55

Tetradic

  1. #55e4ff
  2. #7055ff
  3. #ff7055
  4. #e4ff55

Square

  1. #55e4ff
  2. #c555ff
  3. #ff7055
  4. #8fff55

Monochromatic

  1. #009dbb
  2. #09d8ff
  3. #55e4ff
  4. #a2f0ff
  5. #ebfcff

Shades

#55e4ff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #55e4ff
  2. #4dcde6
  3. #44b6cc
  4. #3ca0b3
  5. #338999
  6. #2b7280
  7. #225b66
  8. #1a444d
  9. #112e33
  10. #09171a
  11. #000000

Tints

#55e4ff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #55e4ff
  2. #66e7ff
  3. #77e9ff
  4. #88ecff
  5. #99efff
  6. #aaf2ff
  7. #bbf4ff
  8. #ccf7ff
  9. #ddfaff
  10. #eefcff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#55e4ff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #55e4ff
  2. #59daf2
  3. #5ed0e6
  4. #62c6d9
  5. #66bccc
  6. #6bb2c0
  7. #6fa8b3
  8. #739ea6
  9. #779499
  10. #7c8a8d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.51:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.93:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d2d2d2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #aedae6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #cfddff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b7cbff ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00efec ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ace0ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #99d5ff ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00ebf4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-55e4ff {
  color: #55e4ff;
}
Background
.bg-55e4ff {
  background-color: #55e4ff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-55e4ff {
  border: 2px solid #55e4ff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #55e4ff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 85 228 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 190 100% 67%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-55e4ff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #55e4ff, #558fff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-55e4ff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(85 228 255 / 0.35);
}

#7df9ff Electric Blue ΔE 7.96 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 8.24 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 8.39 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 8.92 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 10.50 #b0e0e6 Powder Blue ΔE 10.58 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 10.83 #aa1b00 Inverted #d2d2d2 Grayscale 

Electric Blue
#55e4ff  rgb(85, 228, 255)  hsl(190, 100%, 67%)  Electric Blue
#ff7055  rgb(255, 112, 85)  hsl(10, 100%, 67%)  Tomato
#ff55e4  rgb(255, 85, 228)  hsl(310, 100%, 67%)  Rose Pink
#e4ff55  rgb(228, 255, 85)  hsl(70, 100%, 67%)  Chartreuse Yellow