#56AADE#56AADE

#56AADE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.112 H 238.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56AADE
RGB	rgb(86, 170, 222)
HSL	hsl(203, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(203, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.3%, 23.4%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.52, -10.07, -33.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.52, 35.34, 253.45°)
OKLab	oklab(70.68% -0.0586 -0.095)
OKLCH	oklch(70.68% 0.112 238.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.3923, 35.9987, 74.3872)
Luminance	0.3600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#56AADE #DE8A56

analogous

#56DECE #56AADE #5666DE

triadic

#56AADE #DE56AA #AADE56

tetradic

#56AADE #CE56DE #DE8A56 #66DE56

square

#56AADE #CE56DE #DE8A56 #66DE56

split-complementary

#56AADE #DE5666 #DECE56

monochromatic

#1E6C9B #288FCE #56AADE #89C4E8 #BCDEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#56AADE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#56AADE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56AADE

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56AADE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56AADE	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A9E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F9CDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56aade;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 170, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.112 238.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c3e8',
    500: '#56aade',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56aade;
$custom-light: #91c3e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56aade",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.941,
    "s": 67.327,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70681,
    "c": 0.11162,
    "h": 238.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56AADE

secondary

#E2C2AE

accent

#5D16CF

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #56AADE

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

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