#56cfff

Color #56cfff

A vivid, highly saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Light Sky Blue #87cefa · ΔE 9.93 Nearest Tailwind class sky-300 #74d4ff · ΔE 2.5

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Conversions

HEX

#56cfff

RGB

rgb(86, 207, 255)

HSL

hsl(197, 100%, 66.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(197, 66.3%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(66.3%, 18.8%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(78.36, -19.35, -33.42)

LCH

lch(78.36, 38.62, 239.93)

OKLCH

oklch(80.5%, 0.1262, 227.79)

HWB

hwb(197, 33.7%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ff8656

Analogous

#56ffda

#56cfff

#567bff

Triadic

#56cfff

#ff56cf

#cfff56

Split-complementary

#56cfff

#ff567b

#ffda56

Tetradic

#56cfff

#8656ff

#ff8656

#cfff56

Square

#56cfff

#da56ff

#ff8656

#7bff56

Shades

Color #56cfff mixed toward black.

#1dbfff

#00a3e3

#007aab

#005272

#002939

Tints

Color #56cfff mixed toward white.

#72d7ff

#8edfff

#abe7ff

#c7efff

#e3f7ff

Tones

Color #56cfff mixed toward gray.

#64c9f1

#72c3e3

#80bdd5

#8eb7c7

#9db1b9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.78:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.76:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.76:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9a9bf5 · ΔE 24.9

Deuteranopia

#938af2 · ΔE 28.2

Tritanopia

#61ecea · ΔE 17.3

Achromatopsia

#c2c2c2 · ΔE 21.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #56cfff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#56cfff]

Related colors

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Frequently asked questions

#56cfff (#56cfff) is rgb(86, 207, 255) in RGB.

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

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