#56bcbc

Color #56bcbc

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Light Sea Green #20b2aa · ΔE 9.8 Nearest Tailwind class teal-500 #00bba7 · ΔE 8.4

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Conversions

HEX

#56bcbc

RGB

rgb(86, 188, 188)

HSL

hsl(180, 43.2%, 53.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(180, 54.3%, 73.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(54.3%, 0%, 0%, 26.3%)

LAB

lab(70.58, -29.39, -9.01)

LCH

lch(70.58, 30.74, 197.04)

OKLCH

oklch(73.5%, 0.0945, 195.27)

HWB

hwb(180, 33.7%, 26.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bc5656

Analogous

#56bc89

#56bcbc

#5689bc

Triadic

#56bcbc

#bc56bc

#bcbc56

Split-complementary

#56bcbc

#bc5689

#bc8956

Tetradic

#56bcbc

#5656bc

#bc5656

#bcbc56

Square

#56bcbc

#8956bc

#bc5656

#89bc56

Shades

Color #56bcbc mixed toward black.

#41a3a3

#348383

#276262

#1a4141

#0d2121

Tints

Color #56bcbc mixed toward white.

#72c7c7

#8ed2d2

#aadddd

#c7e9e9

#e3f4f4

Tones

Color #56bcbc mixed toward gray.

#5eb3b3

#67abab

#6fa2a2

#789a9a

#809191

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.25:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.32:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.32:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8e8fbc · ΔE 28.6

Deuteranopia

#8880bc · ΔE 32.4

Tritanopia

#5fbcbc · ΔE 0.9

Achromatopsia

#adadad · ΔE 21.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #56bcbc;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#56bcbc]

Related colors

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Light Cyan #e0ffff

Pale Turquoise #afeeee

Frequently asked questions

#56bcbc (#56bcbc) is rgb(86, 188, 188) in RGB.

No, #56bcbc 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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