#56e3f5

Color #56e3f5

A vivid, highly saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Dark Turquoise #00ced1 · ΔE 13.18 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-300 #53eafd · ΔE 1.6

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Conversions

HEX

#56e3f5

RGB

rgb(86, 227, 245)

HSL

hsl(186.8, 88.8%, 64.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(186.8, 64.9%, 96.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(64.9%, 7.3%, 0%, 3.9%)

LAB

lab(83.71, -32.2, -19.94)

LCH

lch(83.71, 37.87, 211.77)

OKLCH

oklch(84.7%, 0.1215, 207.07)

HWB

hwb(186.8, 33.7%, 3.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#f56856

Analogous

#56f5b8

#56e3f5

#5693f5

Triadic

#56e3f5

#f556e3

#e3f556

Split-complementary

#56e3f5

#f55693

#f5b856

Tetradic

#56e3f5

#6856f5

#f56856

#e3f556

Square

#56e3f5

#b856f5

#f56856

#93f556

Shades

Color #56e3f5 mixed toward black.

#22daf2

#0cbad0

#098c9c

#065d68

#032f34

Tints

Color #56e3f5 mixed toward white.

#72e8f7

#8eecf8

#abf1fa

#c7f6fc

#e3fafd

Tones

Color #56e3f5 mixed toward gray.

#63d9e8

#71ceda

#7ec4cd

#8bbac0

#98b0b3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.53:1

Aa Black text on this color

13.7:1

Black text reads better on this background (13.7:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a7a8f1 · ΔE 30.3

Deuteranopia

#9f94f0 · ΔE 34.2

Tritanopia

#64eded · ΔE 6.4

Achromatopsia

#d1d1d1 · ΔE 22.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #56e3f5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#56e3f5]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#56e3f5 (#56e3f5) is rgb(86, 227, 245) in RGB.

No, #56e3f5 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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