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Recognised as Colour

#56ADA2

  • #56ADA2
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#56ADA2 is a cyan with RGB values 86, 173, 162 and HSL 172°, 35%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#56ADA2#56ADA2
HEX#56ADA2
RGBrgb(86, 173, 162)
RGB (0–1)0.3373, 0.6784, 0.6353
RGB percentages33.7%, 67.8%, 63.5%
HSLhsl(172.4, 34.7%, 50.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(172.4, 50.3%, 67.8%)
CMYK50.3%, 0%, 6.4%, 32.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,680,546
CSS custom property--colour: #56ADA2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34474WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness150.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.89:1
Contrast with white2.66:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.89:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9A9A9A
Inverted#A9525D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A6A5A2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#979AA3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.8 from the original
Tritanopia#27B0A9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.66:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.89:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 9.4Cadetblue · ΔE 11.3Dark cyan · ΔE 14.8Medium turquoise · ΔE 15.5Medium aquamarine · ΔE 17.6Teal · ΔE 18.1
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 9.44, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AD5661
Analogous#56AD76, #568DAD
Triadic#A256AD, #ADA256
Split complementary#AD568D, #AD7656
Tetradic#7656AD, #AD5661, #8DAD56

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DFF0EE
Lighter +30%#BDDFDB
Lighter +20%#9BCEC8
Lighter +10%#78BEB5
Darker −10%#448C83
Darker −20%#336A63
Darker −30%#234743
Darker −40%#122523
More saturated +25%#37CCB9
Less saturated −25%#758E8B

Channel breakdown

R86
G173
B162
Red86 (33.7%)
Green173 (67.8%)
Blue162 (63.5%)
Hue172.41°
Saturation (HSL)34.66%
Lightness50.78%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 56 · G AD · B A2

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