#56a7dd

Color #56a7dd

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Deep Sky Blue #00bfff · ΔE 13.74 Nearest Tailwind class sky-500 #00a6f4 · ΔE 3.8

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Conversions

HEX

#56a7dd

RGB

rgb(86, 167, 221)

HSL

hsl(204, 66.5%, 60.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(204, 61.1%, 86.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(61.1%, 24.4%, 0%, 13.3%)

LAB

lab(65.62, -8.73, -34.72)

LCH

lch(65.62, 35.8, 255.89)

OKLCH

oklch(70%, 0.1123, 240.22)

HWB

hwb(204, 33.7%, 13.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#dd8c56

Analogous

#56ddd0

#56a7dd

#5664dd

Triadic

#56a7dd

#dd56a7

#a7dd56

Split-complementary

#56a7dd

#dd5664

#ddd056

Tetradic

#56a7dd

#8c56dd

#dd8c56

#a7dd56

Square

#56a7dd

#d056dd

#dd8c56

#64dd56

Shades

Color #56a7dd mixed toward black.

#2b91d4

#2274aa

#1a5780

#113a55

#091d2b

Tints

Color #56a7dd mixed toward white.

#72b6e3

#8ec4e8

#abd3ee

#c7e2f4

#e3f0f9

Tones

Color #56a7dd mixed toward gray.

#61a5d2

#6da3c7

#78a0bb

#839eb0

#8e9ca5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.64:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.97:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.97:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8182d2 · ΔE 18.7

Deuteranopia

#7c76cf · ΔE 21.5

Tritanopia

#5cc8c6 · ΔE 20.8

Achromatopsia

#9f9f9f · ΔE 20.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #56a7dd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#56a7dd]

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Light Slate Gray #778899

Frequently asked questions

#56a7dd (#56a7dd) is rgb(86, 167, 221) in RGB.

No, #56a7dd is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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