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Recognised as Colour

#56B4AE

  • #56B4AE
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#56B4AE is a cyan with RGB values 86, 180, 174 and HSL 176°, 39%, 52%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#56B4AE#56B4AE
HEX#56B4AE
RGBrgb(86, 180, 174)
RGB (0–1)0.3373, 0.7059, 0.6824
RGB percentages33.7%, 70.6%, 68.2%
HSLhsl(176.2, 38.5%, 52.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(176.2, 52.2%, 70.6%)
CMYK52.2%, 0%, 3.3%, 29.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,682,350
CSS custom property--colour: #56B4AE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.37677WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness157.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.54:1
Contrast with white2.46:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.54:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A0A0A0
Inverted#A94B51

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#ABACAEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#9CA0AFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31 from the original
Tritanopia#12B8B2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.46:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.54:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 8.6Cadetblue · ΔE 11.8Medium turquoise · ΔE 12.5Dark turquoise · ΔE 15.4Dark cyan · ΔE 16Medium aquamarine · ΔE 18.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 8.56, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B4565C
Analogous#56B47F, #568BB4
Triadic#AE56B4, #B4AE56
Split complementary#B4568B, #B47F56
Tetradic#7F56B4, #B4565C, #8BB456

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E3F3F2
Lighter +30%#C0E3E1
Lighter +20%#9DD3D0
Lighter +10%#79C4BF
Darker −10%#429590
Darker −20%#32726E
Darker −30%#234E4B
Darker −40%#132B29
More saturated +25%#38D3C9
Less saturated −25%#759693

Channel breakdown

R86
G180
B174
Red86 (33.7%)
Green180 (70.6%)
Blue174 (68.2%)
Hue176.17°
Saturation (HSL)38.52%
Lightness52.16%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 56 · G B4 · B AE

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