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#56D7DD

#56d7dd ≈ Dark Turquoise

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#56d7dd is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 33.73% red, 84.31% green and 86.67% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 61.09% cyan, 2.71% magenta, 0% yellow and 13.33% black. Its hue angle is 182.67°, with 66.5% saturation and 60.2% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with freshness, technology and clarity. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 12.16:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Turquoise (#00ced1), ΔE 4.06.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#66cccc
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Relative luminance0.558

Complementary

  1. #56d7dd
  2. #dd5c56

Split complementary

  1. #56d7dd
  2. #dd5694
  3. #dda056

Analogous

  1. #56dda0
  2. #56d7dd
  3. #5694dd

Triadic

  1. #56d7dd
  2. #dd56d7
  3. #d7dd56

Tetradic

  1. #56d7dd
  2. #5c56dd
  3. #dd5c56
  4. #d7dd56

Square

  1. #56d7dd
  2. #a056dd
  3. #dd5c56
  4. #94dd56

Monochromatic

  1. #1a7c80
  2. #27b9c0
  3. #56d7dd
  4. #96e6ea
  5. #d5f5f7

Shades

#56d7dd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #56d7dd
  2. #4dc2c7
  3. #45acb1
  4. #3c979b
  5. #348185
  6. #2b6c6f
  7. #225658
  8. #1a4142
  9. #112b2c
  10. #091616
  11. #000000

Tints

#56d7dd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #56d7dd
  2. #67dbe0
  3. #78dfe4
  4. #89e3e7
  5. #9ae7eb
  6. #abebee
  7. #bbeff1
  8. #ccf3f5
  9. #ddf7f8
  10. #eefbfc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#56d7dd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #56d7dd
  2. #5aced4
  3. #5ec6ca
  4. #63bdc1
  5. #67b4b8
  6. #6bacaf
  7. #6fa3a5
  8. #739a9c
  9. #789193
  10. #7c8989
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.73:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.16:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c5c5c5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a4cccf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c9cede ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b4bede ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00ded8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a7d2dd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #97c9dd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00dbda ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-56d7dd {
  color: #56d7dd;
}
Background
.bg-56d7dd {
  background-color: #56d7dd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-56d7dd {
  border: 2px solid #56d7dd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #56d7dd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 86 215 221;
  --color-primary-hsl: 183 67% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-56d7dd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #56d7dd, #5694dd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-56d7dd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(86 215 221 / 0.35);
}

#00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 4.06 #48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 4.46 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 4.91 #08e8de Bright Turquoise ΔE 7.44 #7df9ff Electric Blue ΔE 7.78 #40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 8.09 #0abab5 Tiffany Blue ΔE 9.31 #a92822 Inverted #c5c5c5 Grayscale 

Dark Turquoise
#56d7dd  rgb(86, 215, 221)  hsl(183, 67%, 60%)  Dark Turquoise
#dd5c56  rgb(221, 92, 86)  hsl(3, 67%, 60%)  Indian Red
#dd56d7  rgb(221, 86, 215)  hsl(303, 67%, 60%)  Orchid
#d7dd56  rgb(215, 221, 86)  hsl(63, 67%, 60%)  Pear