#56AAE4#56AAE4

#56AAE4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.118 H 241.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56AAE4
RGB	rgb(86, 170, 228)
HSL	hsl(205, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(205, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 25.4%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.77, -8.16, -36.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.77, 37.68, 257.49°)
OKLab	oklab(70.96% -0.0567 -0.1034)
OKLCH	oklch(70.96% 0.118 241.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.2108, 36.3261, 78.6979)
Luminance	0.3633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56AAE4 #E49056

analogous

#56E4D7 #56AAE4 #5663E4

triadic

#56AAE4 #E456AA #AAE456

tetradic

#56AAE4 #D756E4 #E49056 #63E456

square

#56AAE4 #D756E4 #E49056 #63E456

split-complementary

#56AAE4 #E45663 #E4D756

monochromatic

#1A6DA5 #238FDA #56AAE4 #8BC5EC #C0DFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#56AAE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#56AAE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56AAE4

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56AAE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56AAE4	1.00	2.54	8.27	8.27
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90AAE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C9CE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56aae4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 170, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.118 241.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92c3ec',
    500: '#56aae4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56aae4;
$custom-light: #92c3ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56aae4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.507,
    "s": 72.449,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70961,
    "c": 0.11789,
    "h": 241.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56AAE4

secondary

#E5C6B0

accent

#6111D5

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #56AAE4

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

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