#56a7ff

Color #56a7ff

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 8.87 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 1.5

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Conversions

HEX

#56a7ff

RGB

rgb(86, 167, 255)

HSL

hsl(211.2, 100%, 66.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(211.2, 66.3%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(66.3%, 34.5%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(67.15, 2.35, -50.92)

LCH

lch(67.15, 50.97, 272.64)

OKLCH

oklch(71.7%, 0.1516, 252.38)

HWB

hwb(211.2, 33.7%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ffae56

Analogous

#56fcff

#56a7ff

#5a56ff

Triadic

#56a7ff

#ff56a7

#a7ff56

Split-complementary

#56a7ff

#ff5a56

#fcff56

Tetradic

#56a7ff

#ae56ff

#ffae56

#a7ff56

Square

#56a7ff

#ff56fc

#ffae56

#56ff5a

Shades

Color #56a7ff mixed toward black.

#1d8aff

#006de3

#0052ab

#003772

#001b39

Tints

Color #56a7ff mixed toward white.

#72b6ff

#8ec4ff

#abd3ff

#c7e2ff

#e3f0ff

Tones

Color #56a7ff mixed toward gray.

#64a8f1

#72a8e3

#80a9d5

#8ea9c7

#9daab9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.51:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.37:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.37:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8182ee · ΔE 16.7

Deuteranopia

#7c76e9 · ΔE 19.6

Tritanopia

#5cdfdb · ΔE 29.5

Achromatopsia

#a3a3a3 · ΔE 23.7

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #56a7ff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#56a7ff]

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Frequently asked questions

#56a7ff (#56a7ff) is rgb(86, 167, 255) in RGB.

No, #56a7ff is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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