#56e2eb

Color #56e2eb

A vivid, highly saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Dark Turquoise #00ced1 · ΔE 9.77 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-300 #53eafd · ΔE 3.6

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Conversions

HEX

#56e2eb

RGB

rgb(86, 226, 235)

HSL

hsl(183.6, 78.8%, 62.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(183.6, 63.4%, 92.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(63.4%, 3.8%, 0%, 7.8%)

LAB

lab(83.11, -34.56, -15.56)

LCH

lch(83.11, 37.9, 204.24)

OKLCH

oklch(84.1%, 0.1194, 201.17)

HWB

hwb(183.6, 33.7%, 7.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#eb5f56

Analogous

#56eba9

#56e2eb

#5697eb

Triadic

#56e2eb

#eb56e2

#e2eb56

Split-complementary

#56e2eb

#eb5697

#eba956

Tetradic

#56e2eb

#5f56eb

#eb5f56

#e2eb56

Square

#56e2eb

#a956eb

#eb5f56

#97eb56

Shades

Color #56e2eb mixed toward black.

#26dae5

#17b5bf

#11888f

#0b5b60

#062d30

Tints

Color #56e2eb mixed toward white.

#72e7ee

#8eecf2

#aaf0f5

#c7f5f8

#e3fafc

Tones

Color #56e2eb mixed toward gray.

#62d7df

#6fccd2

#7bc1c6

#88b6b9

#94abad

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.56:1

Aa Black text on this color

13.47:1

Black text reads better on this background (13.47:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a6a7e9 · ΔE 31.1

Deuteranopia

#9e93e8 · ΔE 35.4

Tritanopia

#64e7e7 · ΔE 3.2

Achromatopsia

#cfcfcf · ΔE 23.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #56e2eb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#56e2eb]

Related colors

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#56e2eb (#56e2eb) is rgb(86, 226, 235) in RGB.

No, #56e2eb is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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