#56ae9e

Color #56ae9e

A muted medium green.

Closest named color Light Sea Green #20b2aa · ΔE 9.56 Nearest Tailwind class teal-500 #00bba7 · ΔE 5.6

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Conversions

HEX

#56ae9e

RGB

rgb(86, 174, 158)

HSL

hsl(169.1, 35.2%, 51%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(169.1, 50.6%, 68.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(50.6%, 0%, 9.2%, 31.8%)

LAB

lab(65.53, -30.44, 0.1)

LCH

lch(65.53, 30.44, 179.81)

OKLCH

oklch(69.2%, 0.0886, 180.13)

HWB

hwb(169.1, 33.7%, 31.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ae5666

Analogous

#56ae72

#56ae9e

#5692ae

Triadic

#56ae9e

#9e56ae

#ae9e56

Split-complementary

#56ae9e

#ae5692

#ae7256

Tetradic

#56ae9e

#5666ae

#ae5666

#ae9e56

Square

#56ae9e

#7256ae

#ae5666

#92ae56

Shades

Color #56ae9e mixed toward black.

#469385

#38756a

#2a5850

#1c3b35

#0e1d1b

Tints

Color #56ae9e mixed toward white.

#72bcae

#8ec9be

#abd7cf

#c7e4df

#e3f2ef

Tones

Color #56ae9e mixed toward gray.

#5da799

#659f95

#6c9890

#73918b

#7b8987

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.64:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.94:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.94:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8586a2 · ΔE 28.7

Deuteranopia

#8079a3 · ΔE 32.8

Tritanopia

#5da5a6 · ΔE 7.3

Achromatopsia

#9f9f9f · ΔE 21.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #56ae9e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#56ae9e]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aquamarine #7fffd4

Medium Aquamarine #66cdaa

Aqua #00ffff

Frequently asked questions

#56ae9e (#56ae9e) is rgb(86, 174, 158) in RGB.

No, #56ae9e is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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