#56AAE0#56AAE0

#56AAE0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.114 H 239.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56AAE0
RGB	rgb(86, 170, 224)
HSL	hsl(203, 69%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(203, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 24.1%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.60, -9.43, -34.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.60, 36.10, 254.85°)
OKLab	oklab(70.77% -0.058 -0.0978)
OKLCH	oklch(70.77% 0.114 239.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.6619, 36.1066, 75.8072)
Luminance	0.3611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56AAE0 #E08C56

analogous

#56E0D1 #56AAE0 #5665E0

triadic

#56AAE0 #E056AA #AAE056

tetradic

#56AAE0 #D156E0 #E08C56 #65E056

square

#56AAE0 #D156E0 #E08C56 #65E056

split-complementary

#56AAE0 #E05665 #E0D156

monochromatic

#1D6C9F #278FD2 #56AAE0 #8AC4E9 #BDDEF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#56AAE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#56AAE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56AAE0

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56AAE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56AAE0	1.00	2.55	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91AAE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E9CDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56aae0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 170, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.114 239.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92c3ea',
    500: '#56aae0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56aae0;
$custom-light: #92c3ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56aae0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.478,
    "s": 69,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70773,
    "c": 0.11368,
    "h": 239.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56AAE0

secondary

#E3C3AF

accent

#5E15D1

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #56AAE0

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

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