#56AAFF#56AAFF

#56AAFF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.149 H 250.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56AAFF
RGB	rgb(86, 170, 255)
HSL	hsl(210, 100%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(210, 66%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 33.3%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.98, 0.64, -49.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.98, 49.62, 270.74°)
OKLab	oklab(72.31% -0.0488 -0.1406)
OKLCH	oklch(72.31% 0.149 250.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.2558, 37.9441, 100.0016)
Luminance	0.3795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#56AAFF #FFAB56

analogous

#56FEFF #56AAFF #5756FF

triadic

#56AAFF #FF56AA #AAFF56

tetradic

#56AAFF #FF56FE #FFAB56 #56FF57

square

#56AAFF #FF56FE #FFAB56 #56FF57

split-complementary

#56AAFF #FF5756 #FEFF56

monochromatic

#006DDB #198BFF #56AAFF #93C9FF #D0E8FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#56AAFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#56AAFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56AAFF

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56AAFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56AAFF	1.00	2.44	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84AEFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D9EFD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56aaff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 170, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.149 250.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96c2ff',
    500: '#56aaff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56aaff;
$custom-light: #96c2ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56aaff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.178,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72313,
    "c": 0.14888,
    "h": 250.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56AAFF

secondary

#F3D9BD

accent

#7300E6

background

#FAFBFF

surface

#F3F7FF

border

#CDD0D7

text

#0F1218

muted

#7F8186

Preview Lab

Preview with #56AAFF

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

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