#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
RGBrgb(86, 170, 224)
HSLhsl(203, 69%, 61%)
HSVhsv(203, 62%, 88%)
CMYKcmyk(61.6%, 24.1%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LABlab(66.60, -9.43, -34.85)
CIE-LCHlch(66.60, 36.10, 254.85°)
OKLaboklab(70.77% -0.058 -0.0978)
OKLCHoklch(70.77% 0.114 239.3)
XYZxyz(31.6619, 36.1066, 75.8072)
Luminance0.3611 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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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
##56AAE01.002.558.228.22
#FFFFFF2.551.0021.0021.00
#0000008.2221.001.001.00
##0000008.2221.001.001.00

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

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#56AAE0 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva