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Recognised as Colour

#56A4FE

  • #56A4FE
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#56A4FE is a blue with RGB values 86, 164, 254 and HSL 212°, 99%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#56A4FE#56A4FE
HEX#56A4FE
RGBrgb(86, 164, 254)
RGB (0–1)0.3373, 0.6431, 0.9961
RGB percentages33.7%, 64.3%, 99.6%
HSLhsl(212.1, 98.8%, 66.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(212.1, 66.1%, 99.6%)
CMYK66.1%, 35.4%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,678,334
CSS custom property--colour: #56A4FE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.35685WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness159.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.14:1
Contrast with white2.58:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.14:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9A9A9A
Inverted#A95B01

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7CAAFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#649AFCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.2 from the original
Tritanopia#00B9C5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 51.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.58:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.14:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 7.5Dodgerblue · ΔE 14.9Deep skyblue · ΔE 24.1Steel blue · ΔE 25.2Light skyblue · ΔE 30.6Royal blue · ΔE 32.1
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 7.51, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FEB056
Analogous#56F8FE, #5C56FE
Triadic#FE56A4, #A4FE56
Split complementary#FE5C56, #F8FE56
Tetradic#FE56F8, #FEB056, #56FE5C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EEF6FF
Lighter +20%#BBDBFF
Lighter +10%#89BFFE
Darker −10%#2389FE
Darker −20%#016FED
Darker −30%#0157BA
Darker −40%#013F87
More saturated +25%#55A4FF
Less saturated −25%#6BA6E9

Channel breakdown

R86
G164
B254
Red86 (33.7%)
Green164 (64.3%)
Blue254 (99.6%)
Hue212.14°
Saturation (HSL)98.82%
Lightness66.67%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 56 · G A4 · B FE

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