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#56AFFE

#56affe ≈ Iceberg

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#56affe is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 33.73% red, 68.63% green and 99.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 66.14% cyan, 31.1% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.39% black. Its hue angle is 208.21°, with 98.82% saturation and 66.67% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with openness, freedom and calm. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 8.96:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Iceberg (#71a6d2), ΔE 5.66.

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Web safe#6699ff
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Relative luminance0.3979

Complementary

  1. #56affe
  2. #fea556

Split complementary

  1. #56affe
  2. #fe565b
  3. #fef956

Analogous

  1. #56fef9
  2. #56affe
  3. #565bfe

Triadic

  1. #56affe
  2. #fe56af
  3. #affe56

Tetradic

  1. #56affe
  2. #a556fe
  3. #fea556
  4. #affe56

Square

  1. #56affe
  2. #f956fe
  3. #fea556
  4. #5bfe56

Monochromatic

  1. #0163ba
  2. #0a8bfe
  3. #56affe
  4. #a2d3fe
  5. #ebf5ff

Shades

#56affe mixed progressively with black.

  1. #56affe
  2. #4d9ee5
  3. #458ccb
  4. #3c7bb2
  5. #346998
  6. #2b587f
  7. #224666
  8. #1a354c
  9. #112333
  10. #091219
  11. #000000

Tints

#56affe mixed progressively with white.

  1. #56affe
  2. #67b7fe
  3. #78bffe
  4. #89c7fe
  5. #9acffe
  6. #abd7ff
  7. #bbdfff
  8. #cce7ff
  9. #ddefff
  10. #eef7ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#56affe mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #56affe
  2. #5aaaf1
  3. #5ea6e5
  4. #63a1d8
  5. #679ccc
  6. #6b98bf
  7. #6f93b2
  8. #738ea6
  9. #788999
  10. #7c858d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.34:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.96:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a9a9a9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8facd1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8cb2ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #75a2fc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c2cb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7ab1ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6aa7fd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00bbe1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-56affe {
  color: #56affe;
}
Background
.bg-56affe {
  background-color: #56affe;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-56affe {
  border: 2px solid #56affe;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #56affe;
  --color-primary-rgb: 86 175 254;
  --color-primary-hsl: 208 99% 67%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-56affe {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #56affe, #565bfe);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-56affe {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(86 175 254 / 0.35);
}

#71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.66 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 5.79 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 6.14 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 8.92 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 9.23 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 9.45 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 9.63 #a95001 Inverted #a9a9a9 Grayscale 

Iceberg
#56affe  rgb(86, 175, 254)  hsl(208, 99%, 67%)  Iceberg
#fea556  rgb(254, 165, 86)  hsl(28, 99%, 67%)  Sandy Brown
#fe56af  rgb(254, 86, 175)  hsl(328, 99%, 67%)  Brilliant Rose
#affe56  rgb(175, 254, 86)  hsl(88, 99%, 67%)  Green Yellow