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Recognised as Colour

#56E4CE

  • #56E4CE
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Turquoise

#56E4CE is a cyan with RGB values 86, 228, 206 and HSL 171°, 72%, 62%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#56E4CE#56E4CE
HEX#56E4CE
RGBrgb(86, 228, 206)
RGB (0–1)0.3373, 0.8941, 0.8078
RGB percentages33.7%, 89.4%, 80.8%
HSLhsl(170.7, 72.4%, 61.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(170.7, 62.3%, 89.4%)
CMYK62.3%, 0%, 9.6%, 10.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,694,670
CSS custom property--colour: #56E4CE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.61921WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness193.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.38:1
Contrast with white1.57:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.38:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C4C4C4
Inverted#A91B31

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DAD7CDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43 from the original
Deuteranopia#C5C8D0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43.9 from the original
Tritanopia#00E8DDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.57:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.38:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 3.9Medium turquoise · ΔE 11.4Medium aquamarine · ΔE 12.4Aquamarine · ΔE 14Dark turquoise · ΔE 15.3Aqua · ΔE 16.6
Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 3.93, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E4566C
Analogous#56E487, #56B3E4
Triadic#CE56E4, #E4CE56
Split complementary#E456B3, #E48756
Tetradic#8756E4, #E4566C, #B3E456

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#DAF9F4
Lighter +20%#AEF2E7
Lighter +10%#82EBDB
Darker −10%#2ADDC1
Darker −20%#1DB79F
Darker −30%#168B79
Darker −40%#0F5F52
More saturated +25%#3EFDDF
Less saturated −25%#6FCCBD

Channel breakdown

R86
G228
B206
Red86 (33.7%)
Green228 (89.4%)
Blue206 (80.8%)
Hue170.7°
Saturation (HSL)72.45%
Lightness61.57%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 56 · G E4 · B CE

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