Recognised as Colour
#56FEB9
- #56FEB9
- Cyan
- Light
- Nearest: Medium spring green
#56FEB9 is a cyan with RGB values 86, 254, 185 and HSL 155°, 99%, 67%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium spring green.
Colour values
#56FEB9#56FEB9
HEX#56FEB9
RGBrgb(86, 254, 185)
RGB (0–1)0.3373, 0.9961, 0.7255
RGB percentages33.7%, 99.6%, 72.5%
HSLhsl(155.4, 98.8%, 66.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(155.4, 66.1%, 99.6%)
CMYK66.1%, 0%, 27.2%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,701,305
CSS custom property--colour: #56FEB9;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.76365WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness209.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.27:1
Contrast with white1.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.27:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D5D5D5
Inverted#A90146
Colour vision & accessibility
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 text16.27:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#FE569B
Analogous#56FE65, #56EFFE
Triadic#B956FE, #FEB956
Split complementary#FE56EF, #FE6556
Tetradic#6556FE, #FE569B, #EFFE56
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R86
G254
B185
Red86 (33.7%)
Green254 (99.6%)
Blue185 (72.5%)
Hue155.36°
Saturation (HSL)98.82%
Lightness66.67%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 56 · G FE · B B9
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