#56c2b8

Color #56c2b8

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Medium Turquoise #48d1cc · ΔE 7.34 Nearest Tailwind class teal-500 #00bba7 · ΔE 5.5

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Conversions

HEX

#56c2b8

RGB

rgb(86, 194, 184)

HSL

hsl(174.4, 47%, 54.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(174.4, 55.7%, 76.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(55.7%, 0%, 5.2%, 23.9%)

LAB

lab(72.24, -33.32, -4.35)

LCH

lch(72.24, 33.6, 187.44)

OKLCH

oklch(74.8%, 0.1003, 187.05)

HWB

hwb(174.4, 33.7%, 23.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c25660

Analogous

#56c282

#56c2b8

#5696c2

Triadic

#56c2b8

#b856c2

#c2b856

Split-complementary

#56c2b8

#c25696

#c28256

Tetradic

#56c2b8

#5660c2

#c25660

#c2b856

Square

#56c2b8

#8256c2

#c25660

#96c256

Shades

Color #56c2b8 mixed toward black.

#3eaba1

#318981

#256761

#194541

#0c2220

Tints

Color #56c2b8 mixed toward white.

#72ccc4

#8ed6d0

#aae1db

#c7ebe7

#e3f5f3

Tones

Color #56c2b8 mixed toward gray.

#5fb9b1

#68b0a9

#71a7a2

#7a9e9b

#839593

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.14:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.8:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.8:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9293ba · ΔE 29.8

Deuteranopia

#8c83bb · ΔE 34.3

Tritanopia

#5fbcbd · ΔE 4.7

Achromatopsia

#b1b1b1 · ΔE 22.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #56c2b8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#56c2b8]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#56c2b8 (#56c2b8) is rgb(86, 194, 184) in RGB.

No, #56c2b8 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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