#56bbc2

Color #56bbc2

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Medium Turquoise #48d1cc · ΔE 12.66 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 8.7

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Conversions

HEX

#56bbc2

RGB

rgb(86, 187, 194)

HSL

hsl(183.9, 47%, 54.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(183.9, 55.7%, 76.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(55.7%, 3.6%, 0%, 23.9%)

LAB

lab(70.46, -27.25, -12.46)

LCH

lch(70.46, 29.96, 204.57)

OKLCH

oklch(73.5%, 0.0941, 201.5)

HWB

hwb(183.9, 33.7%, 23.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c25d56

Analogous

#56c293

#56bbc2

#5685c2

Triadic

#56bbc2

#c256bb

#bbc256

Split-complementary

#56bbc2

#c25685

#c29356

Tetradic

#56bbc2

#5d56c2

#c25d56

#bbc256

Square

#56bbc2

#9356c2

#c25d56

#85c256

Shades

Color #56bbc2 mixed toward black.

#3ea4ab

#318389

#256367

#194245

#0c2122

Tints

Color #56bbc2 mixed toward white.

#72c6cc

#8ed2d6

#aadde1

#c7e8eb

#e3f4f5

Tones

Color #56bbc2 mixed toward gray.

#5fb3b9

#68abb0

#71a4a7

#7a9c9e

#839495

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.26:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.28:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.28:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8d8ec0 · ΔE 27.8

Deuteranopia

#8880c0 · ΔE 31.1

Tritanopia

#5fbfbf · ΔE 2.8

Achromatopsia

#acacac · ΔE 21.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #56bbc2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#56bbc2]

Related colors

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#56bbc2 (#56bbc2) is rgb(86, 187, 194) in RGB.

No, #56bbc2 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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