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#56D8D9

#56d8d9 ≈ Medium Turquoise

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#56d8d9 is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 33.73% red, 84.71% green and 85.1% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 60.37% cyan, 0.46% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.9% black. Its hue angle is 180.46°, with 63.29% saturation and 59.41% 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 12.22:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Medium Turquoise (#48d1cc), ΔE 2.99.

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Web safe#66cccc
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Relative luminance0.561

Complementary

  1. #56d8d9
  2. #d95756

Split complementary

  1. #56d8d9
  2. #d95696
  3. #d99856

Analogous

  1. #56d998
  2. #56d8d9
  3. #5696d9

Triadic

  1. #56d8d9
  2. #d956d8
  3. #d8d956

Tetradic

  1. #56d8d9
  2. #5756d9
  3. #d95756
  4. #d8d956

Square

  1. #56d8d9
  2. #9856d9
  3. #d95756
  4. #96d956

Monochromatic

  1. #1c7a7a
  2. #2ab8b9
  3. #56d8d9
  4. #94e6e7
  5. #d3f5f5

Shades

#56d8d9 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #56d8d9
  2. #4dc2c3
  3. #45adae
  4. #3c9798
  5. #348282
  6. #2b6c6d
  7. #225657
  8. #1a4141
  9. #112b2b
  10. #091616
  11. #000000

Tints

#56d8d9 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #56d8d9
  2. #67dcdd
  3. #78e0e1
  4. #89e4e4
  5. #9ae8e8
  6. #abecec
  7. #bbeff0
  8. #ccf3f4
  9. #ddf7f7
  10. #eefbfb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#56d8d9 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #56d8d9
  2. #5acfd0
  3. #5ec6c7
  4. #63bebe
  5. #67b5b5
  6. #6bacad
  7. #6fa3a4
  8. #739a9b
  9. #789292
  10. #7c8989
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.72:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.22:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c5c5c5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a5cdce ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #cbced9 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b6bfda ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00dfd8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a8d2d9 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #99c9da ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #04dcd8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-56d8d9 {
  color: #56d8d9;
}
Background
.bg-56d8d9 {
  background-color: #56d8d9;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-56d8d9 {
  border: 2px solid #56d8d9;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #56d8d9;
  --color-primary-rgb: 86 216 217;
  --color-primary-hsl: 180 63% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-56d8d9 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #56d8d9, #5696d9);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-56d8d9 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(86 216 217 / 0.35);
}

#48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 2.99 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 3.75 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 4.26 #08e8de Bright Turquoise ΔE 5.95 #40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 6.29 #7df9ff Electric Blue ΔE 7.89 #0abab5 Tiffany Blue ΔE 8.73 #a92726 Inverted #c5c5c5 Grayscale 

Medium Turquoise
#56d8d9  rgb(86, 216, 217)  hsl(180, 63%, 59%)  Medium Turquoise
#d95756  rgb(217, 87, 86)  hsl(0, 63%, 59%)  Indian Red
#d956d8  rgb(217, 86, 216)  hsl(300, 63%, 59%)  Orchid
#d8d956  rgb(216, 217, 86)  hsl(60, 63%, 59%)  Straw