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Recognised as Colour

#56DFD6

  • #56DFD6
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Medium turquoise

#56DFD6 is a cyan with RGB values 86, 223, 214 and HSL 176°, 68%, 61%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium turquoise.

Colour values

#56DFD6#56DFD6
HEX#56DFD6
RGBrgb(86, 223, 214)
RGB (0–1)0.3373, 0.8745, 0.8392
RGB percentages33.7%, 87.5%, 83.9%
HSLhsl(176.1, 68.2%, 60.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(176.1, 61.4%, 87.5%)
CMYK61.4%, 0%, 4%, 12.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,693,398
CSS custom property--colour: #56DFD6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.59609WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness191.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.92:1
Contrast with white1.63:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.92:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C1C1C1
Inverted#A92029

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D3D4D6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#BEC4D7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.8 from the original
Tritanopia#00E4DCno 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 text1.63:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.92:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium turquoise · ΔE 5.3Turquoise · ΔE 5.8Dark turquoise · ΔE 9.4Aqua · ΔE 15.2Cyan · ΔE 15.2Light seagreen · ΔE 15.9
Nearest named CSS colourMedium turquoise (#48D1CC)ΔE 5.27, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DF565F
Analogous#56DF92, #56A4DF
Triadic#D656DF, #DFD656
Split complementary#DF56A4, #DF9256
Tetradic#9256DF, #DF565F, #A4DF56

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#D7F7F5
Lighter +20%#ACEFEB
Lighter +10%#81E7E0
Darker −10%#2BD7CC
Darker −20%#21AEA5
Darker −30%#19837C
Darker −40%#115854
More saturated +25%#3DF8EC
Less saturated −25%#6FC6C0

Channel breakdown

R86
G223
B214
Red86 (33.7%)
Green223 (87.5%)
Blue214 (83.9%)
Hue176.06°
Saturation (HSL)68.16%
Lightness60.59%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 56 · G DF · B D6

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