Colour

#56FAEA

#56FAEA
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Turquoise

#56FAEA is a cyan with RGB values 86, 250, 234 and HSL 174°, 94%, 66%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#56FAEA#56FAEA

HEX#56FAEA

RGBrgb(86, 250, 234)

RGB (0–1)0.3373, 0.9804, 0.9176

RGB percentages33.7%, 98%, 91.8%

HSLhsl(174.1, 94.3%, 65.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(174.1, 65.6%, 98%)

CMYK65.6%, 0%, 6.4%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,700,330

CSS custom property--colour: #56FAEA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.7629WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness212.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.26:1

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

Contrast with black16.26:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D6D6D6

Inverted#A90515

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EEEDEAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 46.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#D6DBECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 47.4 from the original

Tritanopia#00FFF5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7 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 text16.26:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 8.9 Aqua · ΔE 9.7 Cyan · ΔE 9.7 Aquamarine · ΔE 14.7 Medium turquoise · ΔE 15.9 Dark turquoise · ΔE 18

Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 8.9, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FA5666

Analogous#56FA98, #56B8FA

Triadic#EA56FA, #FAEA56

Split complementary#FA56B8, #FA9856

Tetradic#9856FA, #FA5666, #B8FA56

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#EBFEFC

Lighter +20%#B9FDF6

Lighter +10%#88FBF0

Darker −10%#24F9E4

Darker −20%#07E3CE

Darker −30%#05B2A1

Darker −40%#048074

More saturated +25%#51FFEE

Less saturated −25%#6CE4D8

Channel breakdown

R86

G250

B234

Red86 (33.7%)

Green250 (98%)

Blue234 (91.8%)

Hue174.15°

Saturation (HSL)94.25%

Lightness65.88%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 56 · G FA · B EA

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