#56b5ad

Color #56b5ad

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Light Sea Green #20b2aa · ΔE 8.06 Nearest Tailwind class teal-500 #00bba7 · ΔE 5.9

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Conversions

HEX

#56b5ad

RGB

rgb(86, 181, 173)

HSL

hsl(174.9, 39.1%, 52.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(174.9, 52.5%, 71%)

CMYK

cmyk(52.5%, 0%, 4.4%, 29%)

LAB

lab(68.05, -29.99, -4.5)

LCH

lch(68.05, 30.33, 188.53)

OKLCH

oklch(71.4%, 0.0908, 187.98)

HWB

hwb(174.9, 33.7%, 29%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b5565e

Analogous

#56b57e

#56b5ad

#568eb5

Triadic

#56b5ad

#ad56b5

#b5ad56

Split-complementary

#56b5ad

#b5568e

#b57e56

Tetradic

#56b5ad

#565eb5

#b5565e

#b5ad56

Square

#56b5ad

#7e56b5

#b5565e

#8eb556

Shades

Color #56b5ad mixed toward black.

#449b93

#367c76

#295d58

#1b3e3b

#0e1f1d

Tints

Color #56b5ad mixed toward white.

#72c1bb

#8ecec8

#abdad6

#c7e6e4

#e3f3f1

Tones

Color #56b5ad mixed toward gray.

#5eada6

#66a5a0

#6e9d99

#769593

#7e8e8c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.44:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.61:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.61:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8a8baf · ΔE 28.7

Deuteranopia

#847daf · ΔE 32.5

Tritanopia

#5eb1b1 · ΔE 3.6

Achromatopsia

#a6a6a6 · ΔE 21.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #56b5ad;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#56b5ad]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#56b5ad (#56b5ad) is rgb(86, 181, 173) in RGB.

No, #56b5ad is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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