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Recognised as Colour

#56CADE

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

#56CADE is a cyan with RGB values 86, 202, 222 and HSL 189°, 67%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#56CADE#56CADE
HEX#56CADE
RGBrgb(86, 202, 222)
RGB (0–1)0.3373, 0.7922, 0.8706
RGB percentages33.7%, 79.2%, 87.1%
HSLhsl(188.8, 67.3%, 60.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(188.8, 61.3%, 87.1%)
CMYK61.3%, 9%, 0%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,688,030
CSS custom property--colour: #56CADE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.49493WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness178.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.9:1
Contrast with white1.93:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.9:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B3B3B3
Inverted#A93521

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B9C3DFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#A5B4DEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31 from the original
Tritanopia#00D3D0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.93:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.9:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 12.5Dark turquoise · ΔE 14.7Medium turquoise · ΔE 15.6Light skyblue · ΔE 18.6Light blue · ΔE 19.6Light seagreen · ΔE 19.9
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 12.46, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DE6A56
Analogous#56DEAE, #5686DE
Triadic#DE56CA, #CADE56
Split complementary#DE5686, #DEAE56
Tetradic#AE56DE, #DE6A56, #86DE56

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#D6F2F7
Lighter +20%#ABE5EF
Lighter +10%#81D7E6
Darker −10%#2BBDD6
Darker −20%#2298AC
Darker −30%#197282
Darker −40%#114D57
More saturated +25%#3DDCF7
Less saturated −25%#6FB8C5

Channel breakdown

R86
G202
B222
Red86 (33.7%)
Green202 (79.2%)
Blue222 (87.1%)
Hue188.82°
Saturation (HSL)67.33%
Lightness60.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 56 · G CA · B DE

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