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Recognised as Colour

#56D2FF

  • #56D2FF
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#56D2FF is a cyan with RGB values 86, 210, 255 and HSL 196°, 100%, 67%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#56D2FF#56D2FF
HEX#56D2FF
RGBrgb(86, 210, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.3373, 0.8235, 1
RGB percentages33.7%, 82.4%, 100%
HSLhsl(196, 100%, 66.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(196, 66.3%, 100%)
CMYK66.3%, 17.6%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,690,111
CSS custom property--colour: #56D2FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.55292WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness188.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.06:1
Contrast with white1.74:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.06:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BBBBBB
Inverted#A92D00

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B9CEFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#A2BDFEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.3 from the original
Tritanopia#00DFE1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.74:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.06:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 10.7Sky blue · ΔE 12.4Deep skyblue · ΔE 12.8Light blue · ΔE 23.4Light steelblue · ΔE 25.9Powder blue · ΔE 26
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 10.69, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FF8356
Analogous#56FFD7, #567EFF
Triadic#FF56D2, #D2FF56
Split complementary#FF567E, #FFD856
Tetradic#D756FF, #FF8356, #7EFF56

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EFFBFF
Lighter +20%#BCEDFF
Lighter +10%#89E0FF
Darker −10%#23C4FF
Darker −20%#00AFEF
Darker −30%#008ABC
Darker −40%#006589
More saturated +25%#56D2FF
Less saturated −25%#6BC8EA

Channel breakdown

R86
G210
B255
Red86 (33.7%)
Green210 (82.4%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue195.98°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness66.86%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 56 · G D2 · B FF

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