#56878c

Color #56878c

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 9.2 Nearest Tailwind class mist-500 #67787c · ΔE 9.5

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Conversions

HEX

#56878c

RGB

rgb(86, 135, 140)

HSL

hsl(185.6, 23.9%, 44.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(185.6, 38.6%, 54.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(38.6%, 3.6%, 0%, 45.1%)

LAB

lab(53.17, -15.13, -7.91)

LCH

lch(53.17, 17.07, 207.6)

OKLCH

oklch(59.1%, 0.0533, 204.02)

HWB

hwb(185.6, 33.7%, 45.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8c5b56

Analogous

#568c76

#56878c

#566c8c

Triadic

#56878c

#8c5687

#878c56

Split-complementary

#56878c

#8c566c

#8c7656

Tetradic

#56878c

#5b568c

#8c5b56

#878c56

Square

#56878c

#76568c

#8c5b56

#6c8c56

Shades

Color #56878c mixed toward black.

#487075

#395a5d

#2b4346

#1d2d2f

#0e1617

Tints

Color #56878c mixed toward white.

#6ca0a5

#8ab3b7

#a7c6c9

#c4d9db

#e2eced

Tones

Color #56878c mixed toward gray.

#5a8387

#5f8083

#637c7e

#68787a

#6c7575

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.01:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.24:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.24:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6f6f8b · ΔE 22.6

Deuteranopia

#6c688b · ΔE 25.1

Tritanopia

#598a8a · ΔE 2.5

Achromatopsia

#7f7f7f · ΔE 15.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #56878c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#56878c]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#56878c (#56878c) is rgb(86, 135, 140) in RGB.

No, #56878c 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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