#56AAE5#56AAE5

#56AAE5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.119 H 241.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56AAE5
RGB	rgb(86, 170, 229)
HSL	hsl(205, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(205, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 25.8%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.81, -7.84, -37.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.81, 38.08, 258.11°)
OKLab	oklab(71.01% -0.0563 -0.1048)
OKLCH	oklch(71.01% 0.119 241.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.3500, 36.3818, 79.4311)
Luminance	0.3639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56AAE5 #E59156

analogous

#56E5D8 #56AAE5 #5663E5

triadic

#56AAE5 #E556AA #AAE556

tetradic

#56AAE5 #D856E5 #E59156 #63E556

square

#56AAE5 #D856E5 #E59156 #63E556

split-complementary

#56AAE5 #E55663 #E5D856

monochromatic

#1A6DA7 #228FDC #56AAE5 #8BC5ED #C0DFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#56AAE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#56AAE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56AAE5

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56AAE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56AAE5	1.00	2.54	8.28	8.28
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FAAE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C9CE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56aae5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 170, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.119 241.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92c3ed',
    500: '#56aae5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56aae5;
$custom-light: #92c3ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56aae5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.755,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71008,
    "c": 0.11896,
    "h": 241.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56AAE5

secondary

#E6C7B1

accent

#6110D5

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #56AAE5

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

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