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Recognised as Colour

#56A397

  • #56A397
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cadetblue

#56A397 is a cyan with RGB values 86, 163, 151 and HSL 171°, 31%, 49%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cadetblue.

Colour values

#56A397#56A397
HEX#56A397
RGBrgb(86, 163, 151)
RGB (0–1)0.3373, 0.6392, 0.5922
RGB percentages33.7%, 63.9%, 59.2%
HSLhsl(170.6, 30.9%, 48.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(170.6, 47.2%, 63.9%)
CMYK47.2%, 0%, 7.4%, 36.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,677,975
CSS custom property--colour: #56A397;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30407WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness142.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.08:1
Contrast with white2.97:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.08:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#929292
Inverted#A95C68

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9D9B97no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#909298no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.4 from the original
Tritanopia#33A69Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.97:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.08:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 9.6Light seagreen · ΔE 12.5Dark cyan · ΔE 13.1Teal · ΔE 15.7Medium turquoise · ΔE 19.6Medium aquamarine · ΔE 20.2
Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 9.55, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A35662
Analogous#56A371, #5688A3
Triadic#9756A3, #A39756
Split complementary#A35688, #A37156
Tetradic#7156A3, #A35662, #88A356

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DAEBE9
Lighter +30%#B8DAD4
Lighter +20%#97C8C0
Lighter +10%#76B6AC
Darker −10%#448278
Darker −20%#336059
Darker −30%#213F3A
Darker −40%#101D1B
More saturated +25%#37C2AC
Less saturated −25%#758482

Channel breakdown

R86
G163
B151
Red86 (33.7%)
Green163 (63.9%)
Blue151 (59.2%)
Hue170.65°
Saturation (HSL)30.92%
Lightness48.82%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 56 · G A3 · B 97

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