Cornflowerblue

Cornflowerblue (#56AED6) is an intense light color with a luminosity of 37%. It has a chroma value of 50.2 (out of 100). The closest web-safe color is #6699CC. The closest Pantone color is #5CACCE, known as blue-grotto (15-4421). The closest NCS color is #40ADD3, with the code NCS S 1050-B. The grayscale version of this color is #989898. The contrast ratio with white is 2.5, and with black is 8.4. This meets the WCAG standard (4.5:1) for regular text (14pt) on a black background.

Lightness

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#FFFFFF

#D6EBF5

#ADD8EB

#84C4E1

#5BB0D7

#329DCD

#287DA4

#1E5E7B

#143F52

#0A1F29

#000000

Saturation

#36BAF6

#3CB8F0

#43B5E9

#49B3E3

#50B0DC

#56AED6

#5CACD0

#63A9C9

#69A7C3

#70A4BC

#76A2B6

Shade

#81BBD6

#78B9D6

#70B6D6

#67B3D6

#5FB1D6

#56AED6

#56ABD2

#56A8CE

#56A6CA

#56A3C6

#56A0C2

Hue

#D65656

#D66B56

#D68156

#D69656

#D6AB56

#D6C156

#D6D656

#C1D656

#ABD656

#96D656

#81D656

#6BD656

#56D656

#56D66B

#56D681

#56D696

#56D6AB

#56D6C1

#56D6D6

#56C1D6

#56ABD6

#5696D6

#5681D6

#566BD6

#5656D6

#6B56D6

#8156D6

#9656D6

#AB56D6

#C156D6

#D656D6

#D656C1

#D656AB

#D65696

#D65681

#D6566B

Grayscale

#989898

Complimentary

#A95129

WCAG contrast conformance

#56AED6 meets the WCAG standard (4.5:1) for regular text (14pt) on a black background.

On a white background

2.5

Cornflowerblue

On a black background

8.4

Cornflowerblue

3.3

Cornflowerblue (#56AED6) meets the WCAG standard (3:1) for large text (18pt) on a darkslategray (#5A4B4C) background.

Cornflowerblue

Composition

The colors that composes #56AED6

RGB

86

174

214

RYB

86

138

214

CMYK

60

19

0

16

CMY

66

32

16

Conversion

CSS values of #56AED6 and various standards

CSS values

HEX

#56AED6

RGB

rgb(86, 174, 214)

HSL

hsl(199, 61%, 59%)

HWB

hwb(199, 34%, 16%)

Various standards

Ansi16

rgb(0, 255, 255)

Ansi256

rgb(102, 153, 204)

HCG

rgb(86, 174, 214)

Apple

rgb(86, 174, 214)

Closest Pantone color

blue-grotto (15-4421)

#5CACCE

Closest NCS color

NCS S 1050-B

#40ADD3

Color harmonies

The basic color chords based on the color wheel

Split complementary

#D6BE56

#56AED6

#D6566E

Triadic

#56AED6

#D656AE

#AED656

Tetradic

#56AED6

#BE56D6

#D67E56

#6ED656

Analogous

#56D6BE

#56AED6

#566ED6

Color blindness

Below is a simulation map of how people with vision deciciency perceive your color

Achromatopsia

#9E9E9E

Deuteranopia

#9191D8

Protanopia

#9F9FD6

Tritanopia

#51B3B3