#56AAE8#56AAE8

#56AAE8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.122 H 243.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56AAE8
RGB	rgb(86, 170, 232)
HSL	hsl(205, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(205, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 26.7%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.94, -6.88, -38.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.94, 39.32, 259.92°)
OKLab	oklab(71.15% -0.0554 -0.1089)
OKLCH	oklch(71.15% 0.122 243)
XYZ	xyz(32.7725, 36.5508, 81.6562)
Luminance	0.3655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56AAE8 #E89456

analogous

#56E8DD #56AAE8 #5661E8

triadic

#56AAE8 #E856AA #AAE856

tetradic

#56AAE8 #DD56E8 #E89456 #61E856

square

#56AAE8 #DD56E8 #E89456 #61E856

split-complementary

#56AAE8 #E85661 #E8DD56

monochromatic

#176DAC #208FE1 #56AAE8 #8CC5EF #C2E0F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#56AAE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#56AAE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56AAE8

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56AAE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56AAE8	1.00	2.53	8.31	8.31
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EABEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A9CE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56aae8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 170, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.122 243.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93c3ef',
    500: '#56aae8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56aae8;
$custom-light: #93c3ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56aae8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.479,
    "s": 76.042,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71152,
    "c": 0.12223,
    "h": 243
  },
  "luminance": 0.36554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56AAE8

secondary

#E8C9B2

accent

#630DD8

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #56AAE8

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

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