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#55CDFD

#55cdfd ≈ Baby Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#55cdfd is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 33.33% red, 80.39% green and 99.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 66.4% cyan, 18.97% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.78% black. Its hue angle is 197.14°, with 97.67% saturation and 66.27% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with openness, freedom and calm. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 11.54:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Baby Blue (#89cff0), ΔE 4.93.

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Relative luminance0.5269

Complementary

  1. #55cdfd
  2. #fd8555

Split complementary

  1. #55cdfd
  2. #fd5579
  3. #fdd955

Analogous

  1. #55fdd9
  2. #55cdfd
  3. #5579fd

Triadic

  1. #55cdfd
  2. #fd55cd
  3. #cdfd55

Tetradic

  1. #55cdfd
  2. #8555fd
  3. #fd8555
  4. #cdfd55

Square

  1. #55cdfd
  2. #d955fd
  3. #fd8555
  4. #79fd55

Monochromatic

  1. #0283b7
  2. #09b7fc
  3. #55cdfd
  4. #a1e3fe
  5. #ebf9ff

Shades

#55cdfd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #55cdfd
  2. #4db9e4
  3. #44a4ca
  4. #3c90b1
  5. #337b98
  6. #2b677f
  7. #225265
  8. #1a3e4c
  9. #112933
  10. #091519
  11. #000000

Tints

#55cdfd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #55cdfd
  2. #66d2fd
  3. #77d7fd
  4. #88dcfe
  5. #99e1fe
  6. #aae6fe
  7. #bbebfe
  8. #ccf0fe
  9. #ddf5ff
  10. #eefaff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#55cdfd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #55cdfd
  2. #59c5f1
  3. #5ebee4
  4. #62b6d8
  5. #66aecb
  6. #6ba7bf
  7. #6f9fb2
  8. #7397a6
  9. #778f99
  10. #7c888d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.82:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.54:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c0c0c0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a0c5db ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b4caff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9db9fc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00dbdd ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #97cbfe ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #86c1fd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00d5ea ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-55cdfd {
  color: #55cdfd;
}
Background
.bg-55cdfd {
  background-color: #55cdfd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-55cdfd {
  border: 2px solid #55cdfd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #55cdfd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 85 205 253;
  --color-primary-hsl: 197 98% 66%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-55cdfd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #55cdfd, #5579fd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-55cdfd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(85 205 253 / 0.35);
}

#89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 4.93 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 5.03 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 5.07 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 5.32 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 6.40 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 10.39 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 11.11 #aa3202 Inverted #c0c0c0 Grayscale 

Baby Blue
#55cdfd  rgb(85, 205, 253)  hsl(197, 98%, 66%)  Baby Blue
#fd8555  rgb(253, 133, 85)  hsl(17, 98%, 66%)  Coral
#fd55cd  rgb(253, 85, 205)  hsl(317, 98%, 66%)  Rose Pink
#cdfd55  rgb(205, 253, 85)  hsl(77, 98%, 66%)  Electric Lime