#56AAE6#56AAE6

#56AAE6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.120 H 242.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56AAE6
RGB	rgb(86, 170, 230)
HSL	hsl(205, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(205, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 26.1%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.85, -7.52, -37.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.85, 38.49, 258.73°)
OKLab	oklab(71.06% -0.056 -0.1062)
OKLCH	oklch(71.06% 0.12 242.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.4900, 36.4378, 80.1685)
Luminance	0.3644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56AAE6 #E69256

analogous

#56E6DA #56AAE6 #5662E6

triadic

#56AAE6 #E656AA #AAE656

tetradic

#56AAE6 #DA56E6 #E69256 #62E656

square

#56AAE6 #DA56E6 #E69256 #62E656

split-complementary

#56AAE6 #E65662 #E6DA56

monochromatic

#196DA9 #218FDE #56AAE6 #8BC5EE #C1E0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#56AAE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#56AAE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56AAE6

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56AAE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56AAE6	1.00	2.53	8.29	8.29
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FABE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B9CE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56aae6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 170, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.120 242.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92c3ee',
    500: '#56aae6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56aae6;
$custom-light: #92c3ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56aae6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205,
    "s": 74.227,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71056,
    "c": 0.12005,
    "h": 242.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56AAE6

secondary

#E6C7B1

accent

#620FD6

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #56AAE6

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

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