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Colour

#56CFFF

  • #56CFFF
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#56CFFF is a cyan with RGB values 86, 207, 255 and HSL 197°, 100%, 67%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#56CFFF#56CFFF
HEX#56CFFF
RGBrgb(86, 207, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.3373, 0.8118, 1
RGB percentages33.7%, 81.2%, 100%
HSLhsl(197, 100%, 66.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(197, 66.3%, 100%)
CMYK66.3%, 18.8%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,689,343
CSS custom property--colour: #56CFFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.53824WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness186.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.76:1
Contrast with white1.78:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.76:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B9B9B9
Inverted#A93000

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B6CBFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#9EBAFEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.4 from the original
Tritanopia#00DDDFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 30.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.78:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.76:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 9.9Deep skyblue · ΔE 10.9Sky blue · ΔE 13Light blue · ΔE 24.1Light steelblue · ΔE 25.7Powder blue · ΔE 27.1
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 9.94, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FF8656
Analogous#56FFDB, #567AFF
Triadic#FF56CF, #CFFF56
Split complementary#FF567A, #FFDB56
Tetradic#DB56FF, #FF8656, #7AFF56

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EFFAFF
Lighter +20%#BCECFF
Lighter +10%#89DDFF
Darker −10%#23C1FF
Darker −20%#00ABEF
Darker −30%#0087BC
Darker −40%#006289
More saturated +25%#56CFFF
Less saturated −25%#6BC6EA

Channel breakdown

R86
G207
B255
Red86 (33.7%)
Green207 (81.2%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue197.04°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness66.86%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 56 · G CF · B FF

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