#56cdbe

Color #56cdbe

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Medium Turquoise #48d1cc · ΔE 5.93 Nearest Tailwind class teal-400 #00d5be · ΔE 4.3

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Conversions

HEX

#56cdbe

RGB

rgb(86, 205, 190)

HSL

hsl(172.4, 54.3%, 57.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(172.4, 58%, 80.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(58%, 0%, 7.3%, 19.6%)

LAB

lab(75.67, -36.89, -2.56)

LCH

lch(75.67, 36.98, 183.97)

OKLCH

oklch(77.7%, 0.109, 183.95)

HWB

hwb(172.4, 33.7%, 19.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#cd5665

Analogous

#56cd83

#56cdbe

#56a1cd

Triadic

#56cdbe

#be56cd

#cdbe56

Split-complementary

#56cdbe

#cd56a1

#cd8356

Tetradic

#56cdbe

#5665cd

#cd5665

#cdbe56

Square

#56cdbe

#8356cd

#cd5665

#a1cd56

Shades

Color #56cdbe mixed toward black.

#37bbab

#2c9688

#217066

#164b44

#0b2522

Tints

Color #56cdbe mixed toward white.

#72d5c9

#8eded4

#abe6de

#c7eee9

#e3f7f4

Tones

Color #56cdbe mixed toward gray.

#60c3b7

#6ab9af

#74afa8

#7ea5a0

#889c99

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.93:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.87:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.87:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#999ac2 · ΔE 30.9

Deuteranopia

#9289c3 · ΔE 35.7

Tritanopia

#61c5c5 · ΔE 6

Achromatopsia

#bababa · ΔE 23.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #56cdbe;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#56cdbe]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#56cdbe (#56cdbe) is rgb(86, 205, 190) in RGB.

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

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