#56AAEF#56AAEF

#56AAEF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.130 H 245.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#56AAEF
RGBrgb(86, 170, 239)
HSLhsl(207, 83%, 64%)
HSVhsv(207, 64%, 94%)
CMYKcmyk(64%, 28.9%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LABlab(67.24, -4.62, -42.06)
CIE-LCHlch(67.24, 42.31, 263.73°)
OKLaboklab(71.49% -0.0533 -0.1187)
OKLCHoklch(71.49% 0.13 245.8)
XYZxyz(33.7866, 36.9565, 86.9974)
Luminance0.3696 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#56AAEF #EF9B56
analogous
#56EFE8 #56AAEF #565DEF
triadic
#56AAEF #EF56AA #AAEF56
tetradic
#56AAEF #E856EF #EF9B56 #5DEF56
square
#56AAEF #E856EF #EF9B56 #5DEF56
split-complementary
#56AAEF #EF565D #EFE856
monochromatic
#126EB9 #1E8EEA #56AAEF #8EC6F4 #C6E2FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50
#56AAEF on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39
#56AAEF on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56AAEF
8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##56AAEF#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##56AAEF1.002.508.398.39
#FFFFFF2.501.0021.0021.00
#0000008.3921.001.001.00
##0000008.3921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#8CACF2
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#779DEE
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00BBC2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #56aaef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 170, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.130 245.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94c3f4',
    500: '#56aaef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #56aaef;
$custom-light: #94c3f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#56aaef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.059,
    "s": 82.703,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71494,
    "c": 0.13007,
    "h": 245.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#56AAEF
secondary
#EBCEB5
accent
#6806DF
background
#F9FBFE
surface
#F2F7FD
border
#CCD0D5
text
#0E1217
muted
#7E8185

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