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Colour

#56686D

  • #56686D
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dim grey

#56686D is a cyan with RGB values 86, 104, 109 and HSL 193°, 12%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dim grey.

Colour values

#56686D#56686D
HEX#56686D
RGBrgb(86, 104, 109)
RGB (0–1)0.3373, 0.4078, 0.4275
RGB percentages33.7%, 40.8%, 42.7%
HSLhsl(193, 11.8%, 38.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(193, 21.1%, 42.7%)
CMYK21.1%, 4.6%, 0%, 57.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,662,829
CSS custom property--colour: #56686D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12983WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness99.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.84:1
Contrast with white5.84:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.6:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#656565
Inverted#A99792

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#64676Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#61646Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.4 from the original
Tritanopia#4F6A69no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.84:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.6:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dim grey · ΔE 7.7Slate grey · ΔE 12Dark slate grey · ΔE 13.1Gray · ΔE 13.2Light slate grey · ΔE 14.9Cadetblue · ΔE 23.3
Nearest named CSS colourDim grey (#696969)ΔE 7.69, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6D5B56
Analogous#566D66, #565D6D
Triadic#6D5668, #686D56
Split complementary#6D565D, #6D6756
Tetradic#66566D, #6D5B56, #5D6D56

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C1CBCE
Lighter +30%#A4B3B8
Lighter +20%#889CA1
Lighter +10%#6C838A
Darker −10%#404D50
Darker −20%#293234
Darker −30%#131617
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#3E7685
Less saturated −25%#626262

Channel breakdown

R86
G104
B109
Red86 (33.7%)
Green104 (40.8%)
Blue109 (42.7%)
Hue193.04°
Saturation (HSL)11.79%
Lightness38.24%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 56 · G 68 · B 6D

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