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Colour

#56E7C3

  • #56E7C3
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Aquamarine

#56E7C3 is a cyan with RGB values 86, 231, 195 and HSL 165°, 75%, 62%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aquamarine.

Colour values

#56E7C3#56E7C3
HEX#56E7C3
RGBrgb(86, 231, 195)
RGB (0–1)0.3373, 0.9059, 0.7647
RGB percentages33.7%, 90.6%, 76.5%
HSLhsl(165.1, 75.1%, 62.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(165.1, 62.8%, 90.6%)
CMYK62.8%, 0%, 15.6%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,695,427
CSS custom property--colour: #56E7C3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.6307WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness194.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.61:1
Contrast with white1.54:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.61:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C6C6C6
Inverted#A9183C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E0D9C1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 46.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#CBCAC6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 47 from the original
Tritanopia#00E9DCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.54:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.61:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aquamarine · ΔE 9.4Turquoise · ΔE 10.8Medium aquamarine · ΔE 12Medium turquoise · ΔE 18.7Aqua · ΔE 21.7Cyan · ΔE 21.7
Nearest named CSS colourAquamarine (#7FFFD4)ΔE 9.42, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E7567A
Analogous#56E77B, #56C2E7
Triadic#C356E7, #E7C356
Split complementary#E756C2, #E77B56
Tetradic#7B56E7, #E7567A, #C2E756

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#DCFAF3
Lighter +20%#AFF4E3
Lighter +10%#83EDD3
Darker −10%#29E1B3
Darker −20%#1BBC94
Darker −30%#149071
Darker −40%#0E634E
More saturated +25%#3EFFCF
Less saturated −25%#6ECFB7

Channel breakdown

R86
G231
B195
Red86 (33.7%)
Green231 (90.6%)
Blue195 (76.5%)
Hue165.1°
Saturation (HSL)75.13%
Lightness62.16%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 56 · G E7 · B C3

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