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Recognised as Colour

#56BCFC

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

#56BCFC is a blue with RGB values 86, 188, 252 and HSL 203°, 97%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#56BCFC#56BCFC
HEX#56BCFC
RGBrgb(86, 188, 252)
RGB (0–1)0.3373, 0.7373, 0.9882
RGB percentages33.7%, 73.7%, 98.8%
HSLhsl(203.1, 96.5%, 66.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(203.1, 65.9%, 98.8%)
CMYK65.9%, 25.4%, 0%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,684,476
CSS custom property--colour: #56BCFC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.44973WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness173.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.99:1
Contrast with white2.1:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.99:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ABABAB
Inverted#A94303

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9EBCFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#88ACFBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.9 from the original
Tritanopia#00CCD2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 38.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.1:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.99:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 7.7Light skyblue · ΔE 13.7Sky blue · ΔE 20.6Steel blue · ΔE 22.8Cornflower blue · ΔE 24.2Light steelblue · ΔE 27.3
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 7.69, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FC9656
Analogous#56FCE9, #5669FC
Triadic#FC56BC, #BCFC56
Split complementary#FC5669, #FCE956
Tetradic#E956FC, #FC9656, #69FC56

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#ECF8FF
Lighter +20%#BAE4FE
Lighter +10%#88D0FD
Darker −10%#24A8FB
Darker −20%#0490E8
Darker −30%#0371B6
Darker −40%#025284
More saturated +25%#53BDFF
Less saturated −25%#6CB7E7

Channel breakdown

R86
G188
B252
Red86 (33.7%)
Green188 (73.7%)
Blue252 (98.8%)
Hue203.13°
Saturation (HSL)96.51%
Lightness66.27%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 56 · G BC · B FC

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