#56AAE7#56AAE7

#56AAE7 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.121 H 242.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56AAE7
RGB	rgb(86, 170, 231)
HSL	hsl(205, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(205, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 26.4%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.90, -7.20, -38.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.90, 38.90, 259.33°)
OKLab	oklab(71.1% -0.0557 -0.1076)
OKLCH	oklch(71.1% 0.121 242.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.6309, 36.4942, 80.9102)
Luminance	0.3650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56AAE7 #E79356

analogous

#56E7DB #56AAE7 #5662E7

triadic

#56AAE7 #E756AA #AAE756

tetradic

#56AAE7 #DB56E7 #E79356 #62E756

square

#56AAE7 #DB56E7 #E79356 #62E756

split-complementary

#56AAE7 #E75662 #E7DB56

monochromatic

#186DAA #208FDF #56AAE7 #8CC5EF #C1E0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#56AAE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#56AAE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56AAE7

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56AAE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56AAE7	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FABEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B9CE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56aae7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 170, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.121 242.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92c3ef',
    500: '#56aae7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56aae7;
$custom-light: #92c3ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56aae7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.241,
    "s": 75.13,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71104,
    "c": 0.12114,
    "h": 242.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56AAE7

secondary

#E7C8B2

accent

#630ED7

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #56AAE7

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

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