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#56C596 Medium Aquamarine

The nearest named color to #56C596 is Medium Aquamarine (#66CDAA).

#56C596

Medium Aquamarine

What are the RGB, HSL, OKLCH and CMYK values of #56C596?

HEX
#56C596
RGB
rgb(86, 197, 150)
HSL
hsl(155, 49%, 55%)
OKLCH
oklch(74.6% 0.124 163)
CMYK
56, 0, 24, 23

#56C596 has a contrast ratio of 2.14:1 against white and 9.82:1 against black, so black is the better background for text in this color and dark text reads best on it.

Contrast checker

Text color (rows) on background (columns), scored against WCAG 2.2. White and near-black text on this color.

WCAG contrast ratio for each text and background color combination
Text ↓ / Bg → #56C596
#56C596
Same color
White
2.1Fail
Near-black
8.2AAA

AAA ≥ 7:1 · AA ≥ 4.5:1 body text· AA18 ≥ 3:1 large text (18pt, or 14pt bold) only

Text that works on each color

  • Near-black on #56C596 · 8.2:1

Tints and shades of #56C596

Same hue and chroma in OKLCH, lighter to darker.

  1. #DCFFED
  2. #82EFBE
  3. #56C596
  4. #3EB082
  5. #0E9266
  6. #00724E
  7. #005338
  8. #003723
  9. #001C10

Colors that go with #56C596

Six harmony rules built from this color. Open any in the Studio.

Color blindness check

About 1 in 12 men and 1 in 200 women see color differently. Simulated with the Machado (2009) model.

Typical
Deuteranopia

No green cones — the most common form. Medium Aquamarine, #56C596 and Medium Turquoise, #74C8CF; Kelly Green, #3EB447 and Olive Drab, #5D9633 become hard to tell apart — don't rely on color alone to separate them.

Export

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:root {
  --medium-aquamarine-1: #56C596; /* Medium Aquamarine */
}

Palettes, gradients and meshes with #56C596

Items using this color or one perceptually close to it, closest first.

Palettes (9)

Gradients (5)

Mesh gradients (11)