#56AAEB#56AAEB

#56AAEB is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.126 H 244.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#56AAEB
RGBrgb(86, 170, 235)
HSLhsl(206, 79%, 63%)
HSVhsv(206, 63%, 92%)
CMYKcmyk(63.4%, 27.7%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LABlab(67.07, -5.92, -40.15)
CIE-LCHlch(67.07, 40.58, 261.62°)
OKLaboklab(71.3% -0.0545 -0.1131)
OKLCHoklch(71.3% 0.126 244.3)
XYZxyz(33.2022, 36.7227, 83.9196)
Luminance0.3673 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#56AAEB #EB9756
analogous
#56EBE1 #56AAEB #5660EB
triadic
#56AAEB #EB56AA #AAEB56
tetradic
#56AAEB #E156EB #EB9756 #60EB56
square
#56AAEB #E156EB #EB9756 #60EB56
split-complementary
#56AAEB #EB5660 #EBE156
monochromatic
#156DB2 #1F8EE5 #56AAEB #8DC6F1 #C3E1F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52
#56AAEB on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35
#56AAEB on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56AAEB
8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##56AAEB#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##56AAEB1.002.528.358.35
#FFFFFF2.521.0021.0021.00
#0000008.3521.001.001.00
##0000008.3521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#8DABEE
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#799DEA
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00BAC1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #56aaeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 170, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.126 244.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93c3f1',
    500: '#56aaeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #56aaeb;
$custom-light: #93c3f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#56aaeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.174,
    "s": 78.836,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71297,
    "c": 0.12556,
    "h": 244.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#56AAEB
secondary
#E9CBB4
accent
#650ADB
background
#F9FBFE
surface
#F2F7FD
border
#CCD0D5
text
#0E1217
muted
#7E8185

Preview Lab

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