#56bbc8

Color #56bbc8

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 13.77 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 6.6

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Conversions

HEX

#56bbc8

RGB

rgb(86, 187, 200)

HSL

hsl(186.8, 50.9%, 56.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(186.8, 57%, 78.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(57%, 6.5%, 0%, 21.6%)

LAB

lab(70.65, -25.57, -15.46)

LCH

lch(70.65, 29.88, 211.16)

OKLCH

oklch(73.7%, 0.0953, 206.7)

HWB

hwb(186.8, 33.7%, 21.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c86356

Analogous

#56c89c

#56bbc8

#5682c8

Triadic

#56bbc8

#c856bb

#bbc856

Split-complementary

#56bbc8

#c85682

#c89c56

Tetradic

#56bbc8

#6356c8

#c86356

#bbc856

Square

#56bbc8

#9c56c8

#c86356

#82c856

Shades

Color #56bbc8 mixed toward black.

#3ba6b4

#2f8590

#23646c

#174248

#0c2124

Tints

Color #56bbc8 mixed toward white.

#72c6d1

#8ed2da

#abdde4

#c7e8ed

#e3f4f6

Tones

Color #56bbc8 mixed toward gray.

#60b4bf

#69acb5

#73a5ac

#7c9ea2

#869699

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.25:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.34:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.34:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8d8ec5 · ΔE 27.1

Deuteranopia

#8880c4 · ΔE 30.1

Tritanopia

#5fc3c2 · ΔE 5.6

Achromatopsia

#adadad · ΔE 20.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #56bbc8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#56bbc8]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#56bbc8 (#56bbc8) is rgb(86, 187, 200) in RGB.

No, #56bbc8 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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