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Recognised as Colour

#56E8D2

  • #56E8D2
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Turquoise

#56E8D2 is a cyan with RGB values 86, 232, 210 and HSL 171°, 76%, 62%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#56E8D2#56E8D2
HEX#56E8D2
RGBrgb(86, 232, 210)
RGB (0–1)0.3373, 0.9098, 0.8235
RGB percentages33.7%, 91%, 82.4%
HSLhsl(171, 76%, 62.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(171, 62.9%, 91%)
CMYK62.9%, 0%, 9.5%, 9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,695,698
CSS custom property--colour: #56E8D2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.64345WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness197.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.87:1
Contrast with white1.51:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.87:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C7C7C7
Inverted#A9172D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DEDBD1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#C9CBD4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 45.2 from the original
Tritanopia#00ECE1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.51:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.87:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 4.3Medium turquoise · ΔE 12.4Aquamarine · ΔE 13.3Medium aquamarine · ΔE 13.6Aqua · ΔE 15.6Cyan · ΔE 15.6
Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 4.32, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E8566C
Analogous#56E889, #56B5E8
Triadic#D256E8, #E8D256
Split complementary#E856B5, #E88956
Tetradic#8956E8, #E8566C, #B5E856

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#DDFAF6
Lighter +20%#B0F4EA
Lighter +10%#83EEDE
Darker −10%#29E2C6
Darker −20%#1ABEA5
Darker −30%#14917E
Darker −40%#0E6457
More saturated +25%#3FFFE2
Less saturated −25%#6ED0C1

Channel breakdown

R86
G232
B210
Red86 (33.7%)
Green232 (91%)
Blue210 (82.4%)
Hue170.96°
Saturation (HSL)76.04%
Lightness62.35%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 56 · G E8 · B D2

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