#55b8cd
It is a pastel cyan color having an approximate luminance of 70%. It has a hue value of 191° indicating that this is a cold color.
Some of the most similar colors to this color are Maximum Blue, Pacific Blue, Cerulean (Crayola), Middle Blue, Sky Blue (Crayola), Dark Sky Blue, Cyan (Process), Sky Blue, Vivid Sky Blue and Maximum Blue Green. A bit below you will find the most similar RAL, Pantone and Sherwin-Williams colors too.
The following list contains the conversion results of color #55b8cd
to rgb, hexadecimal, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz colorspaces. Each format represents the same color.
rgb (85, 184, 205)
#55b8cd
hsl (190.5, 54.5%, 56.9%)
hsv (190.5, 58.5%, 80.4%)
lab (69.9, -22.8, -19.3)
xyz (31.9, 40.6, 63.9)
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The following table contains the nearest matching standard colors.
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Tints, shades and tones are generated from the base color by adding white, black and gray paint to #55b8cd respectively. The process results a harmonic color scale.
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Tints
These are the color variants which are generated by adding white color to the base color. This process results a scale from a pastel cyan color to white. The coldness of the color remains the same as it gets brigther and brighter.
This color scale contains similar colors to Middle Blue, Sky Blue, Sky Blue (Crayola), Non-photo Blue, Light Blue, Crystal, Powder Blue, Columbia Blue, Light Cyan, Azure (X11/web Color), Alice Blue, Mint Cream and Cultured.
Shades
These are the color variants which are generated by adding black color to the base color. This process results a scale from a pastel cyan color to black. The coldness of the color remains the same as it gets darker and darker.
This color scale contains similar colors to Metallic Seaweed, Blue (Munsell), Steel Teal, Teal Blue, Deep Space Sparkle, Ming, Dark Slate Gray, Cadet, Outer Space (Crayola), Gunmetal, Charcoal, Charleston Green, Dark Jungle Green, Eerie Black and Rich Black (FOGRA29).
Tones
These are the color variants which are generated by adding gray color to the base color. This process results a scale from a pastel cyan color to gray. The coldness of the color remains the same as it gets grayer and grayer.
This color scale contains similar colors to Maximum Blue, Dark Sky Blue, Pacific Blue, Sky Blue, Pewter Blue, Cadet Grey, Opal, Silver Chalice, Quick Silver and Silver (Metallic).
Color schemes represent a set of colors creating a harmonic and aesthetic feeling. Color schemes are generated by choosing colors around the color wheel.
We can talk about monochromatic, complementary, triadic and tetradic color schemes, choosing one, two, three or four colors around the color wheel respectively.
In the following tables these color schemes are present.
Monochromatic
The monochromatic scale is generated by choosing colors on the color wheel near to the base color. As the colors of the monochromatic scale are close to each other, they create a harmonic feeling.
This color scale contains cold colors. There are variants of cyan and azure colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Deep Jungle Green, Warm Black, Verdigris, Maximum Blue Green, Midnight Green (Eagle Green), Dark Slate Gray, Maximum Blue, Pacific Blue, Indigo Dye, Blue Sapphire, Aero and Blue Jeans.
Complementary
The complementary scale is generated by choosing the color on the opposite side on the color wheel relative to the base color. This results in slight vibrating tension between the complementary colors.
This color scale contains cold and warm colors. There are variants of cyan and red colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Metallic Seaweed, Teal Blue, Liver (organ), Bole, Dark Salmon and Middle Red.
Triadic
The triadic scale is generated by choosing two colors on the color wheel relative to the base color. This combines the slight vibrating tension and the harmonic feeling between the triadic colors.
This color scale contains cold and warm colors. There are variants of cyan, yellow and rose colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Metallic Seaweed, Teal Blue, Army Green, Antique Bronze, Misty Moss, Sand, Japanese Violet, Dark Byzantium, Kobi and Orchid (Crayola).
Tetradic
The tetradic scale is generated by choosing three colors on the color wheel relative to the base color. This combination covers the whole color wheel containing both the complementary and harmonic colors of the base color.
This color scale contains cold and warm colors. There are variants of cyan, violet, red and green colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Metallic Seaweed, Teal Blue, Cyber Grape, English Violet, Wisteria, Lilac, Liver (organ), Bole, Dark Salmon, Middle Red, Army Green, Dark Moss Green, Asparagus and Olivine.
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