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#56BDFD

#56bdfd ≈ Maya Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#56bdfd is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 33.73% red, 74.12% green and 99.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 66.01% cyan, 25.3% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.78% black. Its hue angle is 202.99°, with 97.66% saturation and 66.47% 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 10.09:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Maya Blue (#73c2fb), ΔE 2.75.

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Relative luminance0.4547

Complementary

  1. #56bdfd
  2. #fd9656

Split complementary

  1. #56bdfd
  2. #fd566a
  3. #fde956

Analogous

  1. #56fde9
  2. #56bdfd
  3. #566afd

Triadic

  1. #56bdfd
  2. #fd56bd
  3. #bdfd56

Tetradic

  1. #56bdfd
  2. #9656fd
  3. #fd9656
  4. #bdfd56

Square

  1. #56bdfd
  2. #e956fd
  3. #fd9656
  4. #6afd56

Monochromatic

  1. #0272b8
  2. #0a9ffc
  3. #56bdfd
  4. #a2dbfe
  5. #ebf7ff

Shades

#56bdfd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #56bdfd
  2. #4daae4
  3. #4597ca
  4. #3c84b1
  5. #347198
  6. #2b5f7f
  7. #224c65
  8. #1a394c
  9. #112633
  10. #091319
  11. #000000

Tints

#56bdfd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #56bdfd
  2. #67c4fd
  3. #78cafd
  4. #89d1fe
  5. #9ad7fe
  6. #abdefe
  7. #bbe5fe
  8. #ccebfe
  9. #ddf2ff
  10. #eef8ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#56bdfd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #56bdfd
  2. #5ab7f1
  3. #5eb1e4
  4. #63abd8
  5. #67a5cb
  6. #6b9fbf
  7. #6f98b2
  8. #7392a6
  9. #788c99
  10. #7c868d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.08:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.09:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b4b4b4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #97b7d5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9fbdff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #89acfc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00cdd3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #88bdff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #78b3fc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00c7e5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-56bdfd {
  color: #56bdfd;
}
Background
.bg-56bdfd {
  background-color: #56bdfd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-56bdfd {
  border: 2px solid #56bdfd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #56bdfd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 86 189 253;
  --color-primary-hsl: 203 98% 66%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-56bdfd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #56bdfd, #566afd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-56bdfd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(86 189 253 / 0.35);
}

#73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 2.75 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 4.10 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 6.10 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.06 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 8.21 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 8.49 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 9.14 #a94202 Inverted #b4b4b4 Grayscale 

Maya Blue
#56bdfd  rgb(86, 189, 253)  hsl(203, 98%, 66%)  Maya Blue
#fd9656  rgb(253, 150, 86)  hsl(23, 98%, 66%)  Mango Tango
#fd56bd  rgb(253, 86, 189)  hsl(323, 98%, 66%)  Rose Pink
#bdfd56  rgb(189, 253, 86)  hsl(83, 98%, 66%)  Green Yellow