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#56D4EA

#56d4ea ≈ Sky Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#56d4ea is a color from the cyan family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 33.73% red, 83.14% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 63.25% cyan, 9.4% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 188.92°, with 77.89% saturation and 62.75% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with freshness, technology and clarity. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 12:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Sky Blue (#87ceeb), ΔE 7.14.

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Relative luminance0.5501

Complementary

  1. #56d4ea
  2. #ea6c56

Split complementary

  1. #56d4ea
  2. #ea568a
  3. #eab656

Analogous

  1. #56eab6
  2. #56d4ea
  3. #568aea

Triadic

  1. #56d4ea
  2. #ea56d4
  3. #d4ea56

Tetradic

  1. #56d4ea
  2. #6c56ea
  3. #ea6c56
  4. #d4ea56

Square

  1. #56d4ea
  2. #b656ea
  3. #ea6c56
  4. #8aea56

Monochromatic

  1. #128195
  2. #1bbcd9
  3. #56d4ea
  4. #9ae5f2
  5. #def7fb

Shades

#56d4ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #56d4ea
  2. #4dbfd3
  3. #45aabb
  4. #3c94a4
  5. #347f8c
  6. #2b6a75
  7. #22555e
  8. #1a4046
  9. #112a2f
  10. #091517
  11. #000000

Tints

#56d4ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #56d4ea
  2. #67d8ec
  3. #78ddee
  4. #89e1f0
  5. #9ae5f2
  6. #abeaf5
  7. #bbeef7
  8. #ccf2f9
  9. #ddf6fb
  10. #eefbfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#56d4ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #56d4ea
  2. #5accdf
  3. #5ec3d5
  4. #63bbca
  5. #67b2c0
  6. #6baab5
  7. #6fa2aa
  8. #7399a0
  9. #789195
  10. #7c888b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.75:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c4c4c4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a3cad4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c2cdeb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #acbdea ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00dedb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a2d0eb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #91c7ea ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00dae1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-56d4ea {
  color: #56d4ea;
}
Background
.bg-56d4ea {
  background-color: #56d4ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-56d4ea {
  border: 2px solid #56d4ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #56d4ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 86 212 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 189 78% 63%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-56d4ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #56d4ea, #568aea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-56d4ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(86 212 234 / 0.35);
}

#87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 7.14 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 8.20 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 8.21 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 8.38 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 9.27 #48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 9.80 #7df9ff Electric Blue ΔE 9.81 #a92b15 Inverted #c4c4c4 Grayscale 

Sky Blue
#56d4ea  rgb(86, 212, 234)  hsl(189, 78%, 63%)  Sky Blue
#ea6c56  rgb(234, 108, 86)  hsl(9, 78%, 63%)  Terra Cotta
#ea56d4  rgb(234, 86, 212)  hsl(309, 78%, 63%)  Orchid
#d4ea56  rgb(212, 234, 86)  hsl(69, 78%, 63%)  Pear