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Colour

#56AFA1

  • #56AFA1
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#56AFA1 is a cyan with RGB values 86, 175, 161 and HSL 171°, 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

#56AFA1#56AFA1
HEX#56AFA1
RGBrgb(86, 175, 161)
RGB (0–1)0.3373, 0.6863, 0.6314
RGB percentages33.7%, 68.6%, 63.1%
HSLhsl(170.6, 35.7%, 51.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(170.6, 50.9%, 68.6%)
CMYK50.9%, 0%, 8%, 31.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,681,057
CSS custom property--colour: #56AFA1;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.35212WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness152.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.04:1
Contrast with white2.61:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.04:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9B9B9B
Inverted#A9505E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A8A6A0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#9A9CA2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.8 from the original
Tritanopia#27B2ABno 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 text2.61:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.04:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 9.1Cadetblue · ΔE 13.2Medium turquoise · ΔE 15Medium aquamarine · ΔE 15.8Dark cyan · ΔE 15.9Dark turquoise · ΔE 18.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 9.07, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AF5664
Analogous#56AF74, #5691AF
Triadic#A156AF, #AFA156
Split complementary#AF5691, #AF7456
Tetradic#7456AF, #AF5664, #91AF56

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E0F1EE
Lighter +30%#BEE0DB
Lighter +20%#9BD0C8
Lighter +10%#79BFB4
Darker −10%#438F83
Darker −20%#336C63
Darker −30%#234943
Darker −40%#122723
More saturated +25%#37CEB6
Less saturated −25%#75908C

Channel breakdown

R86
G175
B161
Red86 (33.7%)
Green175 (68.6%)
Blue161 (63.1%)
Hue170.56°
Saturation (HSL)35.74%
Lightness51.18%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 56 · G AF · B A1

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