#56AAED#56AAED

#56AAED is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.128 H 245.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56AAED
RGB	rgb(86, 170, 237)
HSL	hsl(207, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(207, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 28.3%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.16, -5.27, -41.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.16, 41.44, 262.70°)
OKLab	oklab(71.4% -0.0539 -0.1159)
OKLCH	oklch(71.4% 0.128 245.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.4928, 36.8389, 85.4499)
Luminance	0.3684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#56AAED #ED9956

analogous

#56EDE5 #56AAED #565EED

triadic

#56AAED #ED56AA #AAED56

tetradic

#56AAED #E556ED #ED9956 #5EED56

square

#56AAED #E556ED #ED9956 #5EED56

split-complementary

#56AAED #ED565E #EDE556

monochromatic

#136DB5 #1F8EE7 #56AAED #8DC6F3 #C5E2F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#56AAED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#56AAED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56AAED

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56AAED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56AAED	1.00	2.51	8.37	8.37
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CACF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#789DEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56aaed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 170, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.128 245.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93c3f3',
    500: '#56aaed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56aaed;
$custom-light: #93c3f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56aaed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.623,
    "s": 80.749,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71395,
    "c": 0.1278,
    "h": 245.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56AAED

secondary

#EACCB4

accent

#6708DD

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1217

muted

#7E8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #56AAED

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

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