Information about #55BBDD color
Basic facts about this digital color
A vivid, lively sky-leaning azure, #55BBDD floats near the light end of the scale. Designers typically reach for tones like this for clean interfaces where content needs room to breathe. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a near neighbor of Brilliant Cerulean (#51C2E7). Nearby in the Register you will also find Brilliant Cornflower Blue (#51AFE7) and Malibu (#66B7E1).
Technically, the mix leans on its blue channel (rgb(85, 187, 221)), which gives #55BBDD its character. If you plan to put text on a #55BBDD background, choose black — the contrast ratio is 9.5:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while white manages only 2.2:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #55BBDD is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.
#55BBDD color variations
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#55BBDD color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#55BBDD color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#55BBDD color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#55BBDD color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#55BBDD 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.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
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.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to #55BBDD color
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Nearest named colors to #55BBDD
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#51C2E7
#51AFE7
#66B7E1
#65B8D1
#4BC7CF
#48CAE4
#45B1E8
#5DADEC
#68B1E2
#4DB1C8
#68ADD0
#47ABCC
#55BBDD color backgrounds & wallpapers
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#55BBDD
- RGB85, 187, 221
- CMYK53, 13, 0, 13
- CSSrgb(85, 187, 221)
- HSL195°, 67%, 60%
- HSL Precise195°, 66.667%, 60%
- HSV195°, 62%, 87%
- HSB195°, 62%, 87%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.333
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.733
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.867
- GLSLvec3(0.333, 0.733, 0.867)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.333, 0.733, 0.867, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.333, 0.733, 0.867)
- Percentage of Red in RGB33.3%
- Percentage of Green in RGB73.3%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB86.7%
- Color FamilyAzure
- Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
- Lightness FamilyVery Light
- HEX ID55BBDD
- DECIMAL ID5618653
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers3 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
