#56858a

Color #56858a

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 10.06 Nearest Tailwind class mist-500 #67787c · ΔE 8.9

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Conversions

HEX

#56858a

RGB

rgb(86, 133, 138)

HSL

hsl(185.8, 23.2%, 43.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(185.8, 37.7%, 54.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(37.7%, 3.6%, 0%, 45.9%)

LAB

lab(52.49, -14.57, -7.75)

LCH

lch(52.49, 16.5, 208.01)

OKLCH

oklch(58.5%, 0.0516, 204.38)

HWB

hwb(185.8, 33.7%, 45.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8a5b56

Analogous

#568a75

#56858a

#566b8a

Triadic

#56858a

#8a5685

#858a56

Split-complementary

#56858a

#8a566b

#8a7556

Tetradic

#56858a

#5b568a

#8a5b56

#858a56

Square

#56858a

#75568a

#8a5b56

#6b8a56

Shades

Color #56858a mixed toward black.

#486f73

#39595c

#2b4245

#1d2c2e

#0e1617

Tints

Color #56858a mixed toward white.

#6c9ea3

#8ab1b6

#a7c5c8

#c4d8da

#e2eced

Tones

Color #56858a mixed toward gray.

#5a8186

#5f7e81

#637a7d

#677779

#6c7374

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.1:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.12:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.12:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6d6e89 · ΔE 21.7

Deuteranopia

#6b6789 · ΔE 24.7

Tritanopia

#598888 · ΔE 2.6

Achromatopsia

#7d7d7d · ΔE 15.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #56858a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#56858a]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#56858a (#56858a) is rgb(86, 133, 138) in RGB.

No, #56858a is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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