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Recognised as Colour

#56BAFF

  • #56BAFF
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#56BAFF is a blue with RGB values 86, 186, 255 and HSL 204°, 100%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#56BAFF#56BAFF
HEX#56BAFF
RGBrgb(86, 186, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.3373, 0.7294, 1
RGB percentages33.7%, 72.9%, 100%
HSLhsl(204.5, 100%, 66.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(204.5, 66.3%, 100%)
CMYK66.3%, 27.1%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,683,967
CSS custom property--colour: #56BAFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.44316WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness173 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.86:1
Contrast with white2.13:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.86:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AAAAAA
Inverted#A94500

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9BBBFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#83AAFEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.8 from the original
Tritanopia#00CBD2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 40.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.13:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.86:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 9.4Light skyblue · ΔE 16.1Cornflower blue · ΔE 21.6Steel blue · ΔE 22.9Sky blue · ΔE 23.3Light steelblue · ΔE 28.9
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 9.4, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FF9B56
Analogous#56FFEF, #5666FF
Triadic#FF56BA, #BAFF56
Split complementary#FF5666, #FFEF56
Tetradic#EF56FF, #FF9B56, #66FF56

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EFF8FF
Lighter +20%#BCE4FF
Lighter +10%#89CFFF
Darker −10%#23A5FF
Darker −20%#008DEF
Darker −30%#006FBC
Darker −40%#005189
More saturated +25%#56BAFF
Less saturated −25%#6BB6EA

Channel breakdown

R86
G186
B255
Red86 (33.7%)
Green186 (72.9%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue204.5°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness66.86%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 56 · G BA · B FF

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