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Recognised as Colour

#56ECD0

  • #56ECD0
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Turquoise

#56ECD0 is a cyan with RGB values 86, 236, 208 and HSL 169°, 80%, 63%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#56ECD0#56ECD0
HEX#56ECD0
RGBrgb(86, 236, 208)
RGB (0–1)0.3373, 0.9255, 0.8157
RGB percentages33.7%, 92.5%, 81.6%
HSLhsl(168.8, 79.8%, 63.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(168.8, 63.6%, 92.5%)
CMYK63.6%, 0%, 11.9%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,696,720
CSS custom property--colour: #56ECD0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.66523WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness199.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.3:1
Contrast with white1.47:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.3:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CACACA
Inverted#A9132F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E3DECFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#CDCED2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 46.8 from the original
Tritanopia#00EFE4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.47:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.3:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 7.4Aquamarine · ΔE 10.4Medium aquamarine · ΔE 13.9Medium turquoise · ΔE 15.9Aqua · ΔE 17.2Cyan · ΔE 17.2
Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 7.42, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EC5672
Analogous#56EC85, #56BDEC
Triadic#D056EC, #ECD056
Split complementary#EC56BD, #EC8556
Tetradic#8556EC, #EC5672, #BDEC56

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E0FBF6
Lighter +20%#B2F6E9
Lighter +10%#84F1DD
Darker −10%#28E7C3
Darker −20%#16C6A5
Darker −30%#11987F
Darker −40%#0C6A58
More saturated +25%#43FFDC
Less saturated −25%#6ED4C1

Channel breakdown

R86
G236
B208
Red86 (33.7%)
Green236 (92.5%)
Blue208 (81.6%)
Hue168.8°
Saturation (HSL)79.79%
Lightness63.14%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 56 · G EC · B D0

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