#56AADC#56AADC

#56AADC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.110 H 237.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56AADC
RGB	rgb(86, 170, 220)
HSL	hsl(202, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(202, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 22.7%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.44, -10.70, -32.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.44, 34.59, 251.99°)
OKLab	oklab(70.59% -0.0593 -0.0922)
OKLCH	oklch(70.59% 0.11 237.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.1258, 35.8922, 72.9838)
Luminance	0.3589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#56AADC #DC8856

analogous

#56DCCB #56AADC #5667DC

triadic

#56AADC #DC56AA #AADC56

tetradic

#56AADC #CB56DC #DC8856 #67DC56

square

#56AADC #CB56DC #DC8856 #67DC56

split-complementary

#56AADC #DC5667 #DCCB56

monochromatic

#206B98 #2A8FCB #56AADC #89C4E6 #BBDDF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#56AADC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#56AADC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56AADC

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56AADC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56AADC	1.00	2.57	8.18	8.18
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A9DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#809CDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56aadc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 170, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.110 237.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c3e7',
    500: '#56aadc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56aadc;
$custom-light: #91c3e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56aadc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.388,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70589,
    "c": 0.10961,
    "h": 237.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56AADC

secondary

#E1C0AD

accent

#7E3FE9

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #56AADC

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

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