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Recognised as Colour

#56E0FF

  • #56E0FF
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#56E0FF is a cyan with RGB values 86, 224, 255 and HSL 191°, 100%, 67%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#56E0FF#56E0FF
HEX#56E0FF
RGBrgb(86, 224, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.3373, 0.8784, 1
RGB percentages33.7%, 87.8%, 100%
HSLhsl(191, 100%, 66.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(191, 66.3%, 100%)
CMYK66.3%, 12.2%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,693,695
CSS custom property--colour: #56E0FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.6251WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness197.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.5:1
Contrast with white1.56:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.5:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C5C5C5
Inverted#A91F00

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CAD9FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#B2C8FFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33 from the original
Tritanopia#00EBEAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.56:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.5:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 14.4Light skyblue · ΔE 17.5Dark turquoise · ΔE 19.2Medium turquoise · ΔE 21Deep skyblue · ΔE 22.1Light blue · ΔE 22.4
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 14.41, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FF7556
Analogous#56FFC9, #568CFF
Triadic#FF56E0, #E0FF56
Split complementary#FF568C, #FFC956
Tetradic#C956FF, #FF7556, #8CFF56

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EFFCFF
Lighter +20%#BCF3FF
Lighter +10%#89E9FF
Darker −10%#23D7FF
Darker −20%#00C3EF
Darker −30%#009ABC
Darker −40%#007089
More saturated +25%#56E0FF
Less saturated −25%#6BD3EA

Channel breakdown

R86
G224
B255
Red86 (33.7%)
Green224 (87.8%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue191.01°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness66.86%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 56 · G E0 · B FF

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