#56A2DE#56A2DE

#56A2DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.117 H 244.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A2DE
RGB	rgb(86, 162, 222)
HSL	hsl(206, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(206, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.3%, 27%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.23, -5.64, -37.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.23, 37.85, 261.43°)
OKLab	oklab(68.87% -0.0502 -0.1053)
OKLCH	oklch(68.87% 0.117 244.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.9380, 33.0901, 73.9024)
Luminance	0.3309 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A2DE #DE9256

analogous

#56DED6 #56A2DE #565EDE

triadic

#56A2DE #DE56A2 #A2DE56

tetradic

#56A2DE #D656DE #DE9256 #5EDE56

square

#56A2DE #D656DE #DE9256 #5EDE56

split-complementary

#56A2DE #DE565E #DED656

monochromatic

#1E649B #2885CE #56A2DE #89BEE8 #BCDAF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#56A2DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.62

#56A2DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A2DE

7.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A2DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A2DE	1.00	2.76	7.62	7.62
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88A3E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7596DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a2de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 162, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.117 244.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91bde8',
    500: '#56a2de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a2de;
$custom-light: #91bde8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a2de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.471,
    "s": 67.327,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68873,
    "c": 0.11666,
    "h": 244.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A2DE

secondary

#E2C5AE

accent

#6816CF

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A2DE

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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