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Recognised as Colour

#56EBFD

  • #56EBFD
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Dark turquoise

#56EBFD is a cyan with RGB values 86, 235, 253 and HSL 186°, 98%, 66%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark turquoise.

Colour values

#56EBFD#56EBFD
HEX#56EBFD
RGBrgb(86, 235, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.3373, 0.9216, 0.9922
RGB percentages33.7%, 92.2%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(186.5, 97.7%, 66.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(186.5, 66%, 99.2%)
CMYK66%, 7.1%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,696,509
CSS custom property--colour: #56EBFD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.68487WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness204.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.7:1
Contrast with white1.43:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.7:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CDCDCD
Inverted#A91402

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D8E2FEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#C0D0FDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38.1 from the original
Tritanopia#00F5F0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.43:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 14.4Medium turquoise · ΔE 15.6Aqua · ΔE 16.4Cyan · ΔE 16.4Turquoise · ΔE 19.9Pale turquoise · ΔE 20.2
Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)ΔE 14.37, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FD6856
Analogous#56FDBC, #5697FD
Triadic#FD56EB, #EBFD56
Split complementary#FD5697, #FDBC56
Tetradic#BC56FD, #FD6856, #97FD56

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EDFDFF
Lighter +20%#BBF7FE
Lighter +10%#88F1FE
Darker −10%#24E5FC
Darker −20%#03D1EA
Darker −30%#02A4B8
Darker −40%#027785
More saturated +25%#54EDFF
Less saturated −25%#6BDAE8

Channel breakdown

R86
G235
B253
Red86 (33.7%)
Green235 (92.2%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue186.47°
Saturation (HSL)97.66%
Lightness66.47%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 56 · G EB · B FD

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