Colour
#56F3EC
- #56F3EC
- Cyan
- Light
- Nearest: Turquoise
#56F3EC is a cyan with RGB values 86, 243, 236 and HSL 177°, 87%, 65%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.
Colour values
#56F3EC#56F3EC
HEX#56F3EC
RGBrgb(86, 243, 236)
RGB (0–1)0.3373, 0.9529, 0.9255
RGB percentages33.7%, 95.3%, 92.5%
HSLhsl(177.3, 86.7%, 64.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(177.3, 64.6%, 95.3%)
CMYK64.6%, 0%, 2.9%, 4.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,698,540
CSS custom property--colour: #56F3EC;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.72136WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness207.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.43:1
Contrast with white1.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.43:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D1D1D1
Inverted#A90C13
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.36:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.43:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#F3565D
Analogous#56F39E, #56ACF3
Triadic#EC56F3, #F3EC56
Split complementary#F356AC, #F39D56
Tetradic#9D56F3, #F3565D, #ABF356
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R86
G243
B236
Red86 (33.7%)
Green243 (95.3%)
Blue236 (92.5%)
Hue177.32°
Saturation (HSL)86.74%
Lightness64.51%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 56 · G F3 · B EC
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