#56ac9e

Color #56ac9e

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Light Sea Green #20b2aa · ΔE 9.8 Nearest Tailwind class teal-500 #00bba7 · ΔE 6.1

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Conversions

HEX

#56ac9e

RGB

rgb(86, 172, 158)

HSL

hsl(170.2, 34.1%, 50.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(170.2, 50%, 67.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(50%, 0%, 8.1%, 32.5%)

LAB

lab(64.92, -29.48, -0.78)

LCH

lch(64.92, 29.49, 181.52)

OKLCH

oklch(68.7%, 0.0863, 181.73)

HWB

hwb(170.2, 33.7%, 32.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ac5664

Analogous

#56ac73

#56ac9e

#568fac

Triadic

#56ac9e

#9e56ac

#ac9e56

Split-complementary

#56ac9e

#ac568f

#ac7356

Tetradic

#56ac9e

#5664ac

#ac5664

#ac9e56

Square

#56ac9e

#7356ac

#ac5664

#8fac56

Shades

Color #56ac9e mixed toward black.

#479084

#39736a

#2b574f

#1c3a35

#0e1d1a

Tints

Color #56ac9e mixed toward white.

#72baae

#8ec8be

#abd5ce

#c7e3df

#e3f1ef

Tones

Color #56ac9e mixed toward gray.

#5da599

#649e94

#6c978f

#738f8b

#7a8886

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.7:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.79:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.79:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8485a2 · ΔE 28.5

Deuteranopia

#7f78a2 · ΔE 32.4

Tritanopia

#5da4a5 · ΔE 6.6

Achromatopsia

#9d9d9d · ΔE 21.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #56ac9e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#56ac9e]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#56ac9e (#56ac9e) is rgb(86, 172, 158) in RGB.

No, #56ac9e is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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