#56ABD4#56ABD4

#56ABD4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.102 H 231.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56ABD4
RGB	rgb(86, 171, 212)
HSL	hsl(200, 59%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(200, 59%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.4%, 19.3%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.41, -13.72, -28.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.41, 31.66, 244.32°)
OKLab	oklab(70.46% -0.0631 -0.0797)
OKLCH	oklch(70.46% 0.102 231.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.2798, 35.8548, 67.5995)
Luminance	0.3586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56ABD4 #D47F56

analogous

#56D4BE #56ABD4 #566CD4

triadic

#56ABD4 #D456AB #ABD456

tetradic

#56ABD4 #BE56D4 #D47F56 #6CD456

square

#56ABD4 #BE56D4 #D47F56 #6CD456

split-complementary

#56ABD4 #D4566C #D4BE56

monochromatic

#246A8C #308FBD #56ABD4 #87C3E0 #B8DBED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#56ABD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#56ABD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56ABD4

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56ABD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56ABD4	1.00	2.57	8.17	8.17
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A9D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#859CD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56abd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 171, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.102 231.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c4e1',
    500: '#56abd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56abd4;
$custom-light: #90c4e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56abd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.524,
    "s": 59.434,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70462,
    "c": 0.10166,
    "h": 231.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56ABD4

secondary

#DCBAAA

accent

#7845E3

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #56ABD4

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

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