Recognised as Colour

#56E0D1

#56E0D1
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Turquoise

#56E0D1 is a cyan with RGB values 86, 224, 209 and HSL 173°, 69%, 61%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#56E0D1#56E0D1

HEX#56E0D1

RGBrgb(86, 224, 209)

RGB (0–1)0.3373, 0.8784, 0.8196

RGB percentages33.7%, 87.8%, 82%

HSLhsl(173.5, 69%, 60.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(173.5, 61.6%, 87.8%)

CMYK61.6%, 0%, 6.7%, 12.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,693,649

CSS custom property--colour: #56E0D1;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.59893WCAG 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 12.98:1

Contrast with white1.62:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.98:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C2C2C2

Inverted#A91F2E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D5D4D1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#C1C5D3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42.2 from the original

Tritanopia#00E5DBno 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 text1.62:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.98:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 3.5 Medium turquoise · ΔE 7.5 Dark turquoise · ΔE 11.7 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 13.7 Aqua · ΔE 15.8 Cyan · ΔE 15.8

Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 3.5, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#E05665

Analogous#56E08C, #56AAE0

Triadic#D156E0, #E0D156

Split complementary#E056AA, #E08C56

Tetradic#8C56E0, #E05665, #AAE056

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#D7F8F4

Lighter +20%#ACF0E8

Lighter +10%#81E8DD

Darker −10%#2BD8C5

Darker −20%#20B0A0

Darker −30%#188579

Darker −40%#105A52

More saturated +25%#3DF9E5

Less saturated −25%#6FC7BD

Channel breakdown

R86

G224

B209

Red86 (33.7%)

Green224 (87.8%)

Blue209 (82%)

Hue173.48°

Saturation (HSL)69%

Lightness60.78%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 56 · G E0 · B D1

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