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Recognised as Colour

#56DEB6

  • #56DEB6
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Medium aquamarine

#56DEB6 is a cyan with RGB values 86, 222, 182 and HSL 162°, 67%, 60%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium aquamarine.

Colour values

#56DEB6#56DEB6
HEX#56DEB6
RGBrgb(86, 222, 182)
RGB (0–1)0.3373, 0.8706, 0.7137
RGB percentages33.7%, 87.1%, 71.4%
HSLhsl(162.4, 67.3%, 60.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(162.4, 61.3%, 87.1%)
CMYK61.3%, 0%, 18%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,693,110
CSS custom property--colour: #56DEB6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.57598WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness186.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.52:1
Contrast with white1.68:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.52:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BEBEBE
Inverted#A92149

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D8D0B4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45 from the original
Deuteranopia#C5C2B9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 46 from the original
Tritanopia#00E0D2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.68:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.52:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium aquamarine · ΔE 9.4Aquamarine · ΔE 11.6Turquoise · ΔE 13Medium turquoise · ΔE 19.7Medium seagreen · ΔE 21.9Light seagreen · ΔE 22.9
Nearest named CSS colourMedium aquamarine (#66CDAA)ΔE 9.39, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DE567E
Analogous#56DE72, #56C2DE
Triadic#B656DE, #DEB656
Split complementary#DE56C2, #DE7256
Tetradic#7256DE, #DE567E, #C2DE56

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#D6F7ED
Lighter +20%#ABEFDB
Lighter +10%#81E6C8
Darker −10%#2BD6A4
Darker −20%#22AC84
Darker −30%#198263
Darker −40%#115742
More saturated +25%#3DF7C0
Less saturated −25%#6FC5AC

Channel breakdown

R86
G222
B182
Red86 (33.7%)
Green222 (87.1%)
Blue182 (71.4%)
Hue162.35°
Saturation (HSL)67.33%
Lightness60.39%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 56 · G DE · B B6

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