Recognised as Colour

#56D4EE

#56D4EE
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Sky blue

#56D4EE is a cyan with RGB values 86, 212, 238 and HSL 190°, 82%, 64%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#56D4EE#56D4EE

HEX#56D4EE

RGBrgb(86, 212, 238)

RGB (0–1)0.3373, 0.8314, 0.9333

RGB percentages33.7%, 83.1%, 93.3%

HSLhsl(190.3, 81.7%, 63.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(190.3, 63.9%, 93.3%)

CMYK63.9%, 10.9%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,690,606

CSS custom property--colour: #56D4EE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.55238WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness187.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.05:1

Contrast with white1.74:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.05:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BBBBBB

Inverted#A92B11

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C1CDF0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#ABBDEEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.9 from the original

Tritanopia#00DEDCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.4 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 text12.05:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 12.3 Dark turquoise · ΔE 16.7 Light skyblue · ΔE 17 Medium turquoise · ΔE 18.2 Light blue · ΔE 20.4 Powder blue · ΔE 21

Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 12.27, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#EE7056

Analogous#56EEBC, #5688EE

Triadic#EE56D4, #D4EE56

Split complementary#EE5688, #EEBC56

Tetradic#BC56EE, #EE7056, #88EE56

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#E1F7FC

Lighter +20%#B3ECF7

Lighter +10%#84E0F3

Darker −10%#28C8E9

Darker −20%#14ABCA

Darker −30%#10839B

Darker −40%#0B5C6D

More saturated +25%#45DFFF

Less saturated −25%#6DC5D7

Channel breakdown

R86

G212

B238

Red86 (33.7%)

Green212 (83.1%)

Blue238 (93.3%)

Hue190.26°

Saturation (HSL)81.72%

Lightness63.53%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 56 · G D4 · B EE

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