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Recognised as Colour

#56AF9F

  • #56AF9F
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#56AF9F is a cyan with RGB values 86, 175, 159 and HSL 169°, 36%, 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

#56AF9F#56AF9F
HEX#56AF9F
RGBrgb(86, 175, 159)
RGB (0–1)0.3373, 0.6863, 0.6235
RGB percentages33.7%, 68.6%, 62.4%
HSLhsl(169.2, 35.7%, 51.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(169.2, 50.9%, 68.6%)
CMYK50.9%, 0%, 9.1%, 31.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,681,055
CSS custom property--colour: #56AF9F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.35142WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness151.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.03:1
Contrast with white2.62:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.03:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9B9B9B
Inverted#A95060

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A9A69Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#9A9CA0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.9 from the original
Tritanopia#29B2AAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.6 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 text8.03:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 9.3Cadetblue · ΔE 14.1Medium aquamarine · ΔE 15Medium turquoise · ΔE 15.4Dark cyan · ΔE 16.4Dark turquoise · ΔE 19
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 9.34, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AF5666
Analogous#56AF72, #5693AF
Triadic#9F56AF, #AF9F56
Split complementary#AF5693, #AF7256
Tetradic#7256AF, #AF5666, #93AF56

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E0F1EE
Lighter +30%#BEE0DA
Lighter +20%#9BD0C6
Lighter +10%#79BFB3
Darker −10%#438F81
Darker −20%#336C62
Darker −30%#234942
Darker −40%#122723
More saturated +25%#37CEB3
Less saturated −25%#75908B

Channel breakdown

R86
G175
B159
Red86 (33.7%)
Green175 (68.6%)
Blue159 (62.4%)
Hue169.21°
Saturation (HSL)35.74%
Lightness51.18%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 56 · G AF · B 9F

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