#56a7cb

Color #56a7cb

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Sky Blue #87ceeb · ΔE 15.04 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 6.9

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Conversions

HEX

#56a7cb

RGB

rgb(86, 167, 203)

HSL

hsl(198.5, 52.9%, 56.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(198.5, 57.6%, 79.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(57.6%, 17.7%, 0%, 20.4%)

LAB

lab(64.9, -14.33, -25.87)

LCH

lch(64.9, 29.57, 241.02)

OKLCH

oklch(69.2%, 0.0951, 229.31)

HWB

hwb(198.5, 33.7%, 20.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#cb7a56

Analogous

#56cbb5

#56a7cb

#566dcb

Triadic

#56a7cb

#cb56a7

#a7cb56

Split-complementary

#56a7cb

#cb566d

#cbb556

Tetradic

#56a7cb

#7a56cb

#cb7a56

#a7cb56

Square

#56a7cb

#b556cb

#cb7a56

#6dcb56

Shades

Color #56a7cb mixed toward black.

#3991b8

#2d7493

#22576f

#173a4a

#0b1d25

Tints

Color #56a7cb mixed toward white.

#72b6d4

#8ec4dc

#abd3e5

#c7e2ee

#e3f0f6

Tones

Color #56a7cb mixed toward gray.

#60a3c1

#6aa0b8

#739cae

#7d98a4

#87949a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.7:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.79:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.79:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8182c3 · ΔE 20.7

Deuteranopia

#7c76c1 · ΔE 23.1

Tritanopia

#5cbdbb · ΔE 15.4

Achromatopsia

#9d9d9d · ΔE 18.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #56a7cb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#56a7cb]

Related colors

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#56a7cb (#56a7cb) is rgb(86, 167, 203) in RGB.

No, #56a7cb is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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