Recognised as Colour

#56FAE8

#56FAE8
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Turquoise

#56FAE8 is a cyan with RGB values 86, 250, 232 and HSL 173°, 94%, 66%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#56FAE8#56FAE8

HEX#56FAE8

RGBrgb(86, 250, 232)

RGB (0–1)0.3373, 0.9804, 0.9098

RGB percentages33.7%, 98%, 91%

HSLhsl(173.4, 94.3%, 65.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(173.4, 65.6%, 98%)

CMYK65.6%, 0%, 7.2%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,700,328

CSS custom property--colour: #56FAE8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.76176WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness212.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.24:1

Contrast with white1.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.24:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D6D6D6

Inverted#A90517

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EEECE7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 46.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#D6DBEAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 47.6 from the original

Tritanopia#00FFF4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.29:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.24:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 8.9 Aqua · ΔE 10.5 Cyan · ΔE 10.5 Aquamarine · ΔE 13.7 Medium turquoise · ΔE 16.4 Dark turquoise · ΔE 18.6

Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 8.92, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#FA5668

Analogous#56FA96, #56BAFA

Triadic#E856FA, #FAE856

Split complementary#FA56BA, #FA9656

Tetradic#9656FA, #FA5668, #BAFA56

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#EBFEFC

Lighter +20%#B9FDF5

Lighter +10%#88FBEF

Darker −10%#24F9E1

Darker −20%#07E3CB

Darker −30%#05B29F

Darker −40%#048073

More saturated +25%#51FFEC

Less saturated −25%#6CE4D7

Channel breakdown

R86

G250

B232

Red86 (33.7%)

Green250 (98%)

Blue232 (91%)

Hue173.41°

Saturation (HSL)94.25%

Lightness65.88%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 56 · G FA · B E8

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