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Recognised as Colour

#56CAEE

  • #56CAEE
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#56CAEE is a cyan with RGB values 86, 202, 238 and HSL 194°, 82%, 64%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#56CAEE#56CAEE
HEX#56CAEE
RGBrgb(86, 202, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.3373, 0.7922, 0.9333
RGB percentages33.7%, 79.2%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(194.2, 81.7%, 63.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(194.2, 63.9%, 93.3%)
CMYK63.9%, 15.1%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,688,046
CSS custom property--colour: #56CAEE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.50393WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness180.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.08:1
Contrast with white1.9:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.08:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B4B4B4
Inverted#A93511

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B5C5F0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#9FB5EEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.9 from the original
Tritanopia#00D5D5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.9:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.08:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 9.9Light skyblue · ΔE 11.7Deep skyblue · ΔE 16.1Light blue · ΔE 20.9Dark turquoise · ΔE 22.9Powder blue · ΔE 23.2
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 9.89, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EE7A56
Analogous#56EEC6, #567EEE
Triadic#EE56CA, #CAEE56
Split complementary#EE567E, #EEC656
Tetradic#C656EE, #EE7A56, #7EEE56

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E1F6FC
Lighter +20%#B3E7F7
Lighter +10%#84D9F3
Darker −10%#28BBE9
Darker −20%#149FCA
Darker −30%#107A9B
Darker −40%#0B566D
More saturated +25%#45D3FF
Less saturated −25%#6DBED7

Channel breakdown

R86
G202
B238
Red86 (33.7%)
Green202 (79.2%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue194.21°
Saturation (HSL)81.72%
Lightness63.53%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 56 · G CA · B EE

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