#56AAE1#56AAE1

#56AAE1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.115 H 239.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56AAE1
RGB	rgb(86, 170, 225)
HSL	hsl(204, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(204, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 24.4%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.64, -9.12, -35.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.64, 36.49, 255.53°)
OKLab	oklab(70.82% -0.0576 -0.0992)
OKLCH	oklch(70.82% 0.115 239.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.7979, 36.1610, 76.5236)
Luminance	0.3616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56AAE1 #E18D56

analogous

#56E1D2 #56AAE1 #5664E1

triadic

#56AAE1 #E156AA #AAE156

tetradic

#56AAE1 #D256E1 #E18D56 #64E156

square

#56AAE1 #D256E1 #E18D56 #64E156

split-complementary

#56AAE1 #E15664 #E1D256

monochromatic

#1C6CA0 #268FD4 #56AAE1 #8AC4EA #BEDEF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#56AAE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#56AAE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56AAE1

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56AAE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56AAE1	1.00	2.55	8.23	8.23
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91AAE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E9CE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56aae1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 170, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.115 239.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92c3ea',
    500: '#56aae1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56aae1;
$custom-light: #92c3ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56aae1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.741,
    "s": 69.849,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7082,
    "c": 0.11472,
    "h": 239.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56AAE1

secondary

#E4C4AF

accent

#5F14D2

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #56AAE1

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

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