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Recognised as Colour

#56BEDE

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

#56BEDE is a cyan with RGB values 86, 190, 222 and HSL 194°, 67%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#56BEDE#56BEDE
HEX#56BEDE
RGBrgb(86, 190, 222)
RGB (0–1)0.3373, 0.7451, 0.8706
RGB percentages33.7%, 74.5%, 87.1%
HSLhsl(194.1, 67.3%, 60.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(194.1, 61.3%, 87.1%)
CMYK61.3%, 14.4%, 0%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,684,958
CSS custom property--colour: #56BEDE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.44079WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness170.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.82:1
Contrast with white2.14:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.82:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AAAAAA
Inverted#A94121

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#ABB9E0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#97ABDEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.8 from the original
Tritanopia#00C8C8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.14:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.82:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 9.8Light skyblue · ΔE 12.8Deep skyblue · ΔE 17.8Light blue · ΔE 20.3Cadetblue · ΔE 20.8Light steelblue · ΔE 22.6
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 9.79, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DE7656
Analogous#56DEBA, #567ADE
Triadic#DE56BE, #BEDE56
Split complementary#DE567A, #DEBA56
Tetradic#BA56DE, #DE7656, #7ADE56

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#D6EFF7
Lighter +20%#ABDFEF
Lighter +10%#81CEE6
Darker −10%#2BAED6
Darker −20%#228CAC
Darker −30%#196982
Darker −40%#114757
More saturated +25%#3DCBF7
Less saturated −25%#6FB1C5

Channel breakdown

R86
G190
B222
Red86 (33.7%)
Green190 (74.5%)
Blue222 (87.1%)
Hue194.12°
Saturation (HSL)67.33%
Lightness60.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 56 · G BE · B DE

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