#56b3be

Color #56b3be

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 10.58 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 7.3

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Conversions

HEX

#56b3be

RGB

rgb(86, 179, 190)

HSL

hsl(186.3, 44.4%, 54.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(186.3, 54.7%, 74.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(54.7%, 5.8%, 0%, 25.5%)

LAB

lab(67.97, -24.38, -14)

LCH

lch(67.97, 28.11, 209.87)

OKLCH

oklch(71.5%, 0.0892, 205.7)

HWB

hwb(186.3, 33.7%, 25.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#be6156

Analogous

#56be95

#56b3be

#567fbe

Triadic

#56b3be

#be56b3

#b3be56

Split-complementary

#56b3be

#be567f

#be9556

Tetradic

#56b3be

#6156be

#be6156

#b3be56

Square

#56b3be

#9556be

#be6156

#7fbe56

Shades

Color #56b3be mixed toward black.

#409ba6

#337c85

#265d64

#1a3e42

#0d1f21

Tints

Color #56b3be mixed toward white.

#72c0c9

#8eccd4

#aad9de

#c7e6e9

#e3f2f4

Tones

Color #56b3be mixed toward gray.

#5facb5

#67a5ad

#709ea4

#79989b

#819193

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.45:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.59:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.59:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8889bb · ΔE 26.6

Deuteranopia

#837cbb · ΔE 29.4

Tritanopia

#5eb9b9 · ΔE 4.5

Achromatopsia

#a6a6a6 · ΔE 20.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #56b3be;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#56b3be]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#56b3be (#56b3be) is rgb(86, 179, 190) in RGB.

No, #56b3be is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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