Colour

#56D5FF

#56D5FF
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Light skyblue

#56D5FF is a cyan with RGB values 86, 213, 255 and HSL 195°, 100%, 67%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#56D5FF#56D5FF

HEX#56D5FF

RGBrgb(86, 213, 255)

RGB (0–1)0.3373, 0.8353, 1

RGB percentages33.7%, 83.5%, 100%

HSLhsl(194.9, 100%, 66.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(194.9, 66.3%, 100%)

CMYK66.3%, 16.5%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,690,879

CSS custom property--colour: #56D5FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.56787WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness190.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.36:1

Contrast with white1.7:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.36:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BDBDBD

Inverted#A92A00

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#BDD0FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#A6BFFFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.1 from the original

Tritanopia#00E2E3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.7:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.36:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 11.8 Sky blue · ΔE 12.2 Deep skyblue · ΔE 14.7 Light blue · ΔE 22.8 Powder blue · ΔE 25 Dark turquoise · ΔE 25.2

Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 11.8, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FF8056

Analogous#56FFD5, #5680FF

Triadic#FF56D5, #D5FF56

Split complementary#FF5680, #FFD556

Tetradic#D556FF, #FF8056, #81FF56

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#EFFBFF

Lighter +20%#BCEEFF

Lighter +10%#89E2FF

Darker −10%#23C8FF

Darker −20%#00B4EF

Darker −30%#008DBC

Darker −40%#006789

More saturated +25%#56D5FF

Less saturated −25%#6BCAEA

Channel breakdown

R86

G213

B255

Red86 (33.7%)

Green213 (83.5%)

Blue255 (100%)

Hue194.91°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness66.86%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 56 · G D5 · B FF

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Colour values

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