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Recognised as Colour

#56E98C

  • #56E98C
  • Green
  • Light
  • Nearest: Medium spring green

#56E98C is a green with RGB values 86, 233, 140 and HSL 142°, 77%, 63%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium spring green.

Colour values

#56E98C#56E98C
HEX#56E98C
RGBrgb(86, 233, 140)
RGB (0–1)0.3373, 0.9137, 0.549
RGB percentages33.7%, 91.4%, 54.9%
HSLhsl(142, 77%, 62.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(142, 63.1%, 91.4%)
CMYK63.1%, 0%, 39.9%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,695,884
CSS custom property--colour: #56E98C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.6215WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness190.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.43:1
Contrast with white1.56:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.43:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C3C3C3
Inverted#A91673

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E9D785no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 55.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#D6C992no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 55.8 from the original
Tritanopia#15E6D2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 38.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.56:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.43:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium spring green · ΔE 12.3Light green · ΔE 13.8Pale green · ΔE 14.2Spring green · ΔE 22.6Medium seagreen · ΔE 23Aquamarine · ΔE 29.3
Nearest named CSS colourMedium spring green (#00FA9A)ΔE 12.28, a distinctly different colour
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E956B3
Analogous#6AE956, #56E9D5
Triadic#8C56E9, #E98C56
Split complementary#D556E9, #E9566A
Tetradic#566AE9, #E956B3, #E9D556

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#DDFBE8
Lighter +20%#B0F5C9
Lighter +10%#83EFAB
Darker −10%#29E36D
Darker −20%#19C056
Darker −30%#139342
Darker −40%#0D662E
More saturated +25%#40FF86
Less saturated −25%#6ED192

Channel breakdown

R86
G233
B140
Red86 (33.7%)
Green233 (91.4%)
Blue140 (54.9%)
Hue142.04°
Saturation (HSL)76.96%
Lightness62.55%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 56 · G E9 · B 8C

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