#56a599

Color #56a599

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 9.9 Nearest Tailwind class teal-600 #009689 · ΔE 7.3

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Conversions

HEX

#56a599

RGB

rgb(86, 165, 153)

HSL

hsl(170.9, 31.5%, 49.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(170.9, 47.9%, 64.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(47.9%, 0%, 7.3%, 35.3%)

LAB

lab(62.66, -27.31, -1.29)

LCH

lch(62.66, 27.34, 182.7)

OKLCH

oklch(66.8%, 0.0804, 182.78)

HWB

hwb(170.9, 33.7%, 35.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a55662

Analogous

#56a571

#56a599

#5689a5

Triadic

#56a599

#9956a5

#a59956

Split-complementary

#56a599

#a55689

#a57156

Tetradic

#56a599

#5662a5

#a55662

#a59956

Square

#56a599

#7156a5

#a55662

#89a556

Shades

Color #56a599 mixed toward black.

#48897f

#396e66

#2b524c

#1d3733

#0e1b19

Tints

Color #56a599 mixed toward white.

#71b5ab

#8dc4bc

#aad3cc

#c6e1dd

#e3f0ee

Tones

Color #56a599 mixed toward gray.

#5d9e94

#639890

#6a918b

#708b87

#778482

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.9:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.24:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.24:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#80819c · ΔE 27.7

Deuteranopia

#7b759d · ΔE 31.4

Tritanopia

#5c9e9f · ΔE 5.9

Achromatopsia

#989898 · ΔE 20.9

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #56a599;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#56a599]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#56a599 (#56a599) is rgb(86, 165, 153) in RGB.

No, #56a599 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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