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Recognised as Colour

#56BBDB

  • #56BBDB
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#56BBDB is a cyan with RGB values 86, 187, 219 and HSL 194°, 65%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#56BBDB#56BBDB
HEX#56BBDB
RGBrgb(86, 187, 219)
RGB (0–1)0.3373, 0.7333, 0.8588
RGB percentages33.7%, 73.3%, 85.9%
HSLhsl(194.4, 64.9%, 59.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(194.4, 60.7%, 85.9%)
CMYK60.7%, 14.6%, 0%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,684,187
CSS custom property--colour: #56BBDB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.42634WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness167.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.53:1
Contrast with white2.2:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.53:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A8A8A8
Inverted#A94424

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A8B7DDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#95A8DBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.5 from the original
Tritanopia#00C5C5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.2:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.53:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 10.1Light skyblue · ΔE 13Deep skyblue · ΔE 17.9Cadetblue · ΔE 20.2Light blue · ΔE 20.5Light steelblue · ΔE 22.3
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 10.11, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DB7656
Analogous#56DBB9, #5678DB
Triadic#DB56BB, #BBDB56
Split complementary#DB5679, #DBB956
Tetradic#B956DB, #DB7656, #78DB56

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FEFFFF
Lighter +30%#D4EEF6
Lighter +20%#AADDED
Lighter +10%#80CCE4
Darker −10%#2DAAD1
Darker −20%#2488A7
Darker −30%#1B667D
Darker −40%#124353
More saturated +25%#3CC8F5
Less saturated −25%#70AEC1

Channel breakdown

R86
G187
B219
Red86 (33.7%)
Green187 (73.3%)
Blue219 (85.9%)
Hue194.44°
Saturation (HSL)64.88%
Lightness59.8%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 56 · G BB · B DB

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