#56c2ab

Color #56c2ab

A moderately saturated medium green.

Closest named color Medium Aquamarine #66cdaa · ΔE 7.38 Nearest Tailwind class teal-500 #00bba7 · ΔE 4.4

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Conversions

HEX

#56c2ab

RGB

rgb(86, 194, 171)

HSL

hsl(167.2, 47%, 54.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(167.2, 55.7%, 76.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(55.7%, 0%, 11.9%, 23.9%)

LAB

lab(71.89, -36.62, 2.22)

LCH

lch(71.89, 36.69, 176.53)

OKLCH

oklch(74.4%, 0.1054, 177.12)

HWB

hwb(167.2, 33.7%, 23.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c2566d

Analogous

#56c275

#56c2ab

#56a3c2

Triadic

#56c2ab

#ab56c2

#c2ab56

Split-complementary

#56c2ab

#c256a3

#c27556

Tetradic

#56c2ab

#566dc2

#c2566d

#c2ab56

Square

#56c2ab

#7556c2

#c2566d

#a3c256

Shades

Color #56c2ab mixed toward black.

#3eab94

#318976

#256759

#19453b

#0c221e

Tints

Color #56c2ab mixed toward white.

#72ccb9

#8ed6c7

#aae1d5

#c7ebe3

#e3f5f1

Tones

Color #56c2ab mixed toward gray.

#5fb9a6

#68b0a1

#71a79b

#7a9e96

#839591

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.16:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.7:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.7:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9293b1 · ΔE 30.2

Deuteranopia

#8c83b2 · ΔE 35.3

Tritanopia

#5fb5b6 · ΔE 9.5

Achromatopsia

#b0b0b0 · ΔE 23.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #56c2ab;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#56c2ab]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Aquamarine #7fffd4

Medium Aquamarine #66cdaa

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Spring Green #00fa9a

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Frequently asked questions

#56c2ab (#56c2ab) is rgb(86, 194, 171) in RGB.

No, #56c2ab 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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