#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
RGBrgb(86, 170, 229)
HSLhsl(205, 73%, 62%)
HSVhsv(205, 62%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(62.4%, 25.8%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LABlab(66.81, -7.84, -37.26)
CIE-LCHlch(66.81, 38.08, 258.11°)
OKLaboklab(71.01% -0.0563 -0.1048)
OKLCHoklch(71.01% 0.119 241.7)
XYZxyz(32.3500, 36.3818, 79.4311)
Luminance0.3639 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

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
##56AAE51.002.548.288.28
#FFFFFF2.541.0021.0021.00
#0000008.2821.001.001.00
##0000008.2821.001.001.00

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

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#56AAE5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva