Colour

#56AEA8

#56AEA8
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Light seagreen

#56AEA8 is a cyan with RGB values 86, 174, 168 and HSL 176°, 35%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#56AEA8#56AEA8

HEX#56AEA8

RGBrgb(86, 174, 168)

RGB (0–1)0.3373, 0.6824, 0.6588

RGB percentages33.7%, 68.2%, 65.9%

HSLhsl(175.9, 35.2%, 51%)

HSV / HSBhsv(175.9, 50.6%, 68.2%)

CMYK50.6%, 0%, 3.4%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,680,808

CSS custom property--colour: #56AEA8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.35078WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness152.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.02:1

Contrast with white2.62:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.02:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#9B9B9B

Inverted#A95157

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A6A6A8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#979BA9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.5 from the original

Tritanopia#20B2ACno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.62:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.02:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 9.7 Cadetblue · ΔE 9.7 Dark cyan · ΔE 14.4 Medium turquoise · ΔE 14.9 Dark turquoise · ΔE 17.6 Teal · ΔE 17.9

Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 9.72, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#AE565C

Analogous#56AE7C, #5688AE

Triadic#A856AE, #AEA856

Split complementary#AE5688, #AE7C56

Tetradic#7C56AE, #AE565C, #88AE56

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#E0F0EF

Lighter +30%#BDE0DD

Lighter +20%#9BCFCB

Lighter +10%#78BFBA

Darker −10%#448D88

Darker −20%#336B67

Darker −30%#234846

Darker −40%#122625

More saturated +25%#37CDC3

Less saturated −25%#758F8D

Channel breakdown

R86

G174

B168

Red86 (33.7%)

Green174 (68.2%)

Blue168 (65.9%)

Hue175.91°

Saturation (HSL)35.2%

Lightness50.98%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 56 · G AE · B A8

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