Recognised as Colour

#56DED2

#56DED2
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Turquoise

#56DED2 is a cyan with RGB values 86, 222, 210 and HSL 175°, 67%, 60%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

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HEX#56DED2

RGBrgb(86, 222, 210)

RGB (0–1)0.3373, 0.8706, 0.8235

RGB percentages33.7%, 87.1%, 82.4%

HSLhsl(174.7, 67.3%, 60.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(174.7, 61.3%, 87.1%)

CMYK61.3%, 0%, 5.4%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,693,138

CSS custom property--colour: #56DED2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.58874WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness190.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.77:1

Contrast with white1.64:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.77:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C0C0C0

Inverted#A9212D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D3D3D2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#BEC3D3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.1 from the original

Tritanopia#00E3DAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.64:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.77:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 4.7 Medium turquoise · ΔE 5.8 Dark turquoise · ΔE 10.3 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 14.5 Light seagreen · ΔE 15.6 Aqua · ΔE 15.9

Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 4.74, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#DE5662

Analogous#56DE8E, #56A6DE

Triadic#D256DE, #DED256

Split complementary#DE56A6, #DE8E56

Tetradic#8E56DE, #DE5662, #A6DE56

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#D6F7F4

Lighter +20%#ABEFE9

Lighter +10%#81E6DD

Darker −10%#2BD6C7

Darker −20%#22ACA0

Darker −30%#198278

Darker −40%#115751

More saturated +25%#3DF7E7

Less saturated −25%#6FC5BD

Channel breakdown

R86

G222

B210

Red86 (33.7%)

Green222 (87.1%)

Blue210 (82.4%)

Hue174.71°

Saturation (HSL)67.33%

Lightness60.39%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 56 · G DE · B D2

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