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Recognised as Colour

#56BEF6

  • #56BEF6
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#56BEF6 is a blue with RGB values 86, 190, 246 and HSL 201°, 90%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#56BEF6#56BEF6
HEX#56BEF6
RGBrgb(86, 190, 246)
RGB (0–1)0.3373, 0.7451, 0.9647
RGB percentages33.7%, 74.5%, 96.5%
HSLhsl(201, 89.9%, 65.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(201, 65%, 96.5%)
CMYK65%, 22.8%, 0%, 3.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,684,982
CSS custom property--colour: #56BEF6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.45459WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness174.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.09:1
Contrast with white2.08:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.09:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ACACAC
Inverted#A94109

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A3BDF9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#8DADF5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.8 from the original
Tritanopia#00CDD1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.08:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.09:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 7.4Light skyblue · ΔE 10.7Sky blue · ΔE 16.5Steel blue · ΔE 23.1Light steelblue · ΔE 25.1Light blue · ΔE 27.4
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 7.42, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F68E56
Analogous#56F6DE, #566EF6
Triadic#F656BE, #BEF656
Split complementary#F6566E, #F6DE56
Tetradic#DE56F6, #F68E56, #6EF656

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E7F6FE
Lighter +20%#B7E3FB
Lighter +10%#86D1F9
Darker −10%#26ABF3
Darker −20%#0C92DA
Darker −30%#0972AA
Darker −40%#06517A
More saturated +25%#4DC1FF
Less saturated −25%#6CB7E0

Channel breakdown

R86
G190
B246
Red86 (33.7%)
Green190 (74.5%)
Blue246 (96.5%)
Hue201°
Saturation (HSL)89.89%
Lightness65.1%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 56 · G BE · B F6

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