#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
RGB	rgb(86, 170, 239)
HSL	hsl(207, 83%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(207, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 28.9%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.24, -4.62, -42.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.24, 42.31, 263.73°)
OKLab	oklab(71.49% -0.0533 -0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(71.49% 0.13 245.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.7866, 36.9565, 86.9974)
Luminance	0.3696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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
##56AAEF	1.00	2.50	8.39	8.39
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #56AAEF

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

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