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Recognised as Colour

#56CFB9

  • #56CFB9
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Medium aquamarine

#56CFB9 is a cyan with RGB values 86, 207, 185 and HSL 169°, 56%, 57%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium aquamarine.

Colour values

#56CFB9#56CFB9
HEX#56CFB9
RGBrgb(86, 207, 185)
RGB (0–1)0.3373, 0.8118, 0.7255
RGB percentages33.7%, 81.2%, 72.5%
HSLhsl(169.1, 55.8%, 57.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(169.1, 58.5%, 81.2%)
CMYK58.5%, 0%, 10.6%, 18.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,689,273
CSS custom property--colour: #56CFB9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.50107WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness176.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.02:1
Contrast with white1.91:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.02:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B4B4B4
Inverted#A93046

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C7C4B8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#B5B6BBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 39.9 from the original
Tritanopia#00D2C8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.91:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.02:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium aquamarine · ΔE 7.5Turquoise · ΔE 8.7Medium turquoise · ΔE 9.4Light seagreen · ΔE 12.7Dark turquoise · ΔE 14.4Aquamarine · ΔE 19.3
Nearest named CSS colourMedium aquamarine (#66CDAA)ΔE 7.54, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CF566C
Analogous#56CF7D, #56A8CF
Triadic#B956CF, #CFB956
Split complementary#CF56A8, #CF7D56
Tetradic#7D56CF, #CF566C, #A8CF56

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F5FCFB
Lighter +30%#CDF1EA
Lighter +20%#A5E6DA
Lighter +10%#7EDAC9
Darker −10%#36BCA4
Darker −20%#2A9581
Darker −30%#1F6D5F
Darker −40%#14453C
More saturated +25%#3BEACA
Less saturated −25%#71B4A8

Channel breakdown

R86
G207
B185
Red86 (33.7%)
Green207 (81.2%)
Blue185 (72.5%)
Hue169.09°
Saturation (HSL)55.76%
Lightness57.45%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 56 · G CF · B B9

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