Information about #55ABEE color

#55ABEE color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#55ABEE falls into the Azure Color Family — High Saturation, Very Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(85, 171, 238) — 33.3% red, 67.1% green, 93.3% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 60 / 26 / 0 / 7. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #55ABEE reads as a strongly colored steel-blue azure and has a delicate, washed-out lightness. Designers typically reach for tones like this for minimalist layouts, soft backgrounds and pastel palettes. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Blue Jeans (#5DADEC). Slightly further away sit Brilliant Cornflower Blue (#51AFE7) and Picton Blue (#45B1E8).

In RGB terms — rgb(85, 171, 238) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #55ABEE: 8.4:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 2.5:1 for white. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.

#55ABEE color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#55ABEE color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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White

#FFFFFF

#55ABEE color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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Black

#000000

#55ABEE color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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Grey

#808080

#55ABEE color hues

A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
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#55ABEE color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes
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#EE9653
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Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme
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#EEE453
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#EE535E
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Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme
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#53EEE4
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Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme
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#EE53AB
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#ABEE53
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Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme
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#9653EE
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Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme
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#E453EE
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Nearest named colors to #55ABEE

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Blue Jeans color link
Blue Jeans

#5DADEC

Brilliant Cornflower Blue color link
Brilliant Cornflower Blue

#51AFE7

Picton Blue color link
Picton Blue

#45B1E8

Caps Blue color link
Caps Blue

#68B1E2

Brilliant Cerulean color link
Brilliant Cerulean

#51C2E7

Light Brilliant Azure color link
Light Brilliant Azure

#65B2FF

Malibu color link
Malibu

#66B7E1

Argentinian Blue color link
Argentinian Blue

#6CB4EE

Spring Sky color link
Spring Sky

#3FB8F1

Light Brilliant Cobalt Blue color link
Light Brilliant Cobalt Blue

#659FFF

Cornflower Blue color link
Cornflower Blue

#6495ED

United Nations Blue color link
United Nations Blue

#5B92E5

#55ABEE color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#55ABEE
  • RGB85, 171, 238
  • CMYK60, 26, 0, 7
  • CSSrgb(85, 171, 238)
  • HSL206°, 82%, 63%
  • HSL Precise206.275°, 81.818%, 63.333%
  • HSV206°, 64%, 93%
  • HSB206°, 64%, 93%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.333
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.671
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.933
  • GLSLvec3(0.333, 0.671, 0.933)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.333, 0.671, 0.933, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.333, 0.671, 0.933)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB33.3%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB67.1%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB93.3%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX ID55ABEE
  • DECIMAL ID5614574
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers8 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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