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Recognised as Colour

#56D2DE

  • #56D2DE
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Dark turquoise

#56D2DE is a cyan with RGB values 86, 210, 222 and HSL 185°, 67%, 60%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark turquoise.

Colour values

#56D2DE#56D2DE
HEX#56D2DE
RGBrgb(86, 210, 222)
RGB (0–1)0.3373, 0.8235, 0.8706
RGB percentages33.7%, 82.4%, 87.1%
HSLhsl(185.3, 67.3%, 60.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(185.3, 61.3%, 87.1%)
CMYK61.3%, 5.4%, 0%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,690,078
CSS custom property--colour: #56D2DE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.53346WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness183.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.67:1
Contrast with white1.8:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.67:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B9B9B9
Inverted#A92D21

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C3CADFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#AEBBDFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34 from the original
Tritanopia#00DAD5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.8:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.67:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 10.2Medium turquoise · ΔE 10.4Sky blue · ΔE 16.6Light seagreen · ΔE 17.2Turquoise · ΔE 18.4Pale turquoise · ΔE 19
Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)ΔE 10.2, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DE6256
Analogous#56DEA6, #568EDE
Triadic#DE56D2, #D2DE56
Split complementary#DE568E, #DEA656
Tetradic#A656DE, #DE6256, #8EDE56

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#D6F4F7
Lighter +20%#ABE9EF
Lighter +10%#81DDE6
Darker −10%#2BC7D6
Darker −20%#22A0AC
Darker −30%#197882
Darker −40%#115157
More saturated +25%#3DE7F7
Less saturated −25%#6FBDC5

Channel breakdown

R86
G210
B222
Red86 (33.7%)
Green210 (82.4%)
Blue222 (87.1%)
Hue185.29°
Saturation (HSL)67.33%
Lightness60.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 56 · G D2 · B DE

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