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Recognised as Colour

#56A8CF

  • #56A8CF
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#56A8CF is a cyan with RGB values 86, 168, 207 and HSL 199°, 56%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#56A8CF#56A8CF
HEX#56A8CF
RGBrgb(86, 168, 207)
RGB (0–1)0.3373, 0.6588, 0.8118
RGB percentages33.7%, 65.9%, 81.2%
HSLhsl(199.3, 55.8%, 57.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(199.3, 58.5%, 81.2%)
CMYK58.5%, 18.8%, 0%, 18.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,679,311
CSS custom property--colour: #56A8CF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34489WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness153.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.9:1
Contrast with white2.66:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.9:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#999999
Inverted#A95730

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#95A6D1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#8499CEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.3 from the original
Tritanopia#00B3B5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.66:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.9:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 14.7Sky blue · ΔE 15.2Steel blue · ΔE 16.7Deep skyblue · ΔE 17.2Cadetblue · ΔE 21.3Light steelblue · ΔE 21.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 14.69, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CF7D56
Analogous#56CFBA, #566BCF
Triadic#CF56A8, #A8CF56
Split complementary#CF566B, #CFB956
Tetradic#BA56CF, #CF7D56, #6CCF56

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F5FAFC
Lighter +30%#CDE5F1
Lighter +20%#A5D1E6
Lighter +10%#7EBCDA
Darker −10%#3691BC
Darker −20%#2A7295
Darker −30%#1F546D
Darker −40%#143545
More saturated +25%#3BB2EA
Less saturated −25%#719EB4

Channel breakdown

R86
G168
B207
Red86 (33.7%)
Green168 (65.9%)
Blue207 (81.2%)
Hue199.34°
Saturation (HSL)55.76%
Lightness57.45%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 56 · G A8 · B CF

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