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Recognised as Colour

#56DDCB

  • #56DDCB
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Turquoise

#56DDCB is a cyan with RGB values 86, 221, 203 and HSL 172°, 67%, 60%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#56DDCB#56DDCB
HEX#56DDCB
RGBrgb(86, 221, 203)
RGB (0–1)0.3373, 0.8667, 0.7961
RGB percentages33.7%, 86.7%, 79.6%
HSLhsl(172, 66.5%, 60.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(172, 61.1%, 86.7%)
CMYK61.1%, 0%, 8.1%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,692,875
CSS custom property--colour: #56DDCB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.58003WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness188.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.6:1
Contrast with white1.67:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.6:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BFBFBF
Inverted#A92234

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D3D1CAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#BFC2CDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42.1 from the original
Tritanopia#00E1D7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.67:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.6:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 3.8Medium turquoise · ΔE 8.1Medium aquamarine · ΔE 11.8Dark turquoise · ΔE 12.7Light seagreen · ΔE 15.9Aquamarine · ΔE 17
Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 3.83, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DD5668
Analogous#56DD88, #56ACDD
Triadic#CB56DD, #DDCB56
Split complementary#DD56AC, #DD8856
Tetradic#8756DD, #DD5668, #ACDD56

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#D5F7F2
Lighter +20%#ABEEE5
Lighter +10%#80E6D8
Darker −10%#2CD4BE
Darker −20%#22AB98
Darker −30%#1A8073
Darker −40%#11564D
More saturated +25%#3DF6DE
Less saturated −25%#6FC4B8

Channel breakdown

R86
G221
B203
Red86 (33.7%)
Green221 (86.7%)
Blue203 (79.6%)
Hue172°
Saturation (HSL)66.5%
Lightness60.2%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 56 · G DD · B CB

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