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#55E5BD

#55e5bd ≈ Medium Aquamarine

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Balanced
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#55e5bd is a color from the teal family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 33.33% red, 89.8% green and 74.12% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 62.88% cyan, 0% magenta, 17.47% yellow and 10.2% black. Its hue angle is 163.33°, with 73.47% saturation and 61.57% lightness in HSL. It sits between warm and cool, and is often associated with clarity, calm and renewal. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 13.33:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Medium Aquamarine (#66cdaa), ΔE 5.93.

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Web safe#66cccc
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Relative luminance0.6164

Complementary

  1. #55e5bd
  2. #e5557d

Split complementary

  1. #55e5bd
  2. #e555c5
  3. #e57555

Analogous

  1. #55e575
  2. #55e5bd
  3. #55c5e5

Triadic

  1. #55e5bd
  2. #bd55e5
  3. #e5bd55

Tetradic

  1. #55e5bd
  2. #557de5
  3. #e5557d
  4. #e5bd55

Square

  1. #55e5bd
  2. #7555e5
  3. #e5557d
  4. #c5e555

Monochromatic

  1. #158c6b
  2. #20ce9e
  3. #55e5bd
  4. #97efd7
  5. #daf9f1

Shades

#55e5bd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #55e5bd
  2. #4dceaa
  3. #44b797
  4. #3ca084
  5. #338971
  6. #2b735f
  7. #225c4c
  8. #1a4539
  9. #112e26
  10. #091713
  11. #000000

Tints

#55e5bd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #55e5bd
  2. #66e8c4
  3. #77eaca
  4. #88edd1
  5. #99efd7
  6. #aaf2de
  7. #bbf5e5
  8. #ccf7eb
  9. #ddfaf2
  10. #eefcf8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#55e5bd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #55e5bd
  2. #59dbb7
  3. #5ed1b1
  4. #62c7ab
  5. #66bda5
  6. #6bb39f
  7. #6fa898
  8. #739e92
  9. #77948c
  10. #7c8a86
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.58:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.33:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cecece ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #abd8c7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #dfd7bb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cac8c0 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00e7d9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b8ddbc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a8d4bf ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #20e6cf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-55e5bd {
  color: #55e5bd;
}
Background
.bg-55e5bd {
  background-color: #55e5bd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-55e5bd {
  border: 2px solid #55e5bd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #55e5bd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 85 229 189;
  --color-primary-hsl: 163 73% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-55e5bd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #55e5bd, #55c5e5);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-55e5bd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(85 229 189 / 0.35);
}

#66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 5.93 #7fffd4 Aquamarine ΔE 6.11 #40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 7.30 #00cc99 Caribbean Green ΔE 7.40 #9fe2bf Seafoam Green ΔE 7.98 #aaf0d1 Magic Mint ΔE 8.72 #08e8de Bright Turquoise ΔE 9.64 #aa1a42 Inverted #cecece Grayscale 

Medium Aquamarine
#55e5bd  rgb(85, 229, 189)  hsl(163, 73%, 62%)  Medium Aquamarine
#e5557d  rgb(229, 85, 125)  hsl(343, 73%, 62%)  Blush
#bd55e5  rgb(189, 85, 229)  hsl(283, 73%, 62%)  Medium Orchid
#e5bd55  rgb(229, 189, 85)  hsl(43, 73%, 62%)  Meat Brown