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Colour

#56BCDD

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

#56BCDD is a cyan with RGB values 86, 188, 221 and HSL 195°, 67%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#56BCDD#56BCDD
HEX#56BCDD
RGBrgb(86, 188, 221)
RGB (0–1)0.3373, 0.7373, 0.8667
RGB percentages33.7%, 73.7%, 86.7%
HSLhsl(194.7, 66.5%, 60.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(194.7, 61.1%, 86.7%)
CMYK61.1%, 14.9%, 0%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,684,445
CSS custom property--colour: #56BCDD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.43165WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness168.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.63:1
Contrast with white2.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.63:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A9A9A9
Inverted#A94322

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A9B8DFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#95A9DDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.4 from the original
Tritanopia#00C6C6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.18:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.63:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 10Light skyblue · ΔE 12.6Deep skyblue · ΔE 17.3Light blue · ΔE 20.6Cadetblue · ΔE 20.8Light steelblue · ΔE 22.3
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 9.99, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DD7756
Analogous#56DDBA, #5679DD
Triadic#DD56BC, #BCDD56
Split complementary#DD5679, #DDBA56
Tetradic#BA56DD, #DD7756, #79DD56

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#D5EEF7
Lighter +20%#ABDEEE
Lighter +10%#80CDE6
Darker −10%#2CABD4
Darker −20%#2289AB
Darker −30%#1A6780
Darker −40%#114556
More saturated +25%#3DC9F6
Less saturated −25%#6FAFC4

Channel breakdown

R86
G188
B221
Red86 (33.7%)
Green188 (73.7%)
Blue221 (86.7%)
Hue194.67°
Saturation (HSL)66.5%
Lightness60.2%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 56 · G BC · B DD

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