#56AAE2#56AAE2

#56AAE2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.116 H 240.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56AAE2
RGB	rgb(86, 170, 226)
HSL	hsl(204, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(204, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 24.8%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.68, -8.80, -35.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.68, 36.88, 256.20°)
OKLab	oklab(70.87% -0.0573 -0.1006)
OKLCH	oklch(70.87% 0.116 240.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.9348, 36.2157, 77.2441)
Luminance	0.3622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56AAE2 #E28E56

analogous

#56E2D4 #56AAE2 #5664E2

triadic

#56AAE2 #E256AA #AAE256

tetradic

#56AAE2 #D456E2 #E28E56 #64E256

square

#56AAE2 #D456E2 #E28E56 #64E256

split-complementary

#56AAE2 #E25664 #E2D456

monochromatic

#1C6CA2 #258FD6 #56AAE2 #8AC4EB #BEDFF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#56AAE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#56AAE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56AAE2

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56AAE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56AAE2	1.00	2.55	8.24	8.24
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91AAE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D9CE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56aae2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 170, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.116 240.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92c3eb',
    500: '#56aae2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56aae2;
$custom-light: #92c3eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56aae2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204,
    "s": 70.707,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70867,
    "c": 0.11577,
    "h": 240.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56AAE2

secondary

#E4C5B0

accent

#6013D3

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #56AAE2

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

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