#56ABE0#56ABE0

#56ABE0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.113 H 238.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#56ABE0
RGBrgb(86, 171, 224)
HSLhsl(203, 69%, 61%)
HSVhsv(203, 62%, 88%)
CMYKcmyk(61.6%, 23.7%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LABlab(66.89, -9.98, -34.40)
CIE-LCHlch(66.89, 35.82, 253.82°)
OKLaboklab(71% -0.059 -0.0965)
OKLCHoklch(71% 0.113 238.6)
XYZxyz(31.8501, 36.4829, 75.8700)
Luminance0.3649 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#56ABE0 #E08B56
analogous
#56E0D0 #56ABE0 #5666E0
triadic
#56ABE0 #E056AB #ABE056
tetradic
#56ABE0 #D056E0 #E08B56 #66E056
square
#56ABE0 #D056E0 #E08B56 #66E056
split-complementary
#56ABE0 #E05666 #E0D056
monochromatic
#1D6D9F #2790D2 #56ABE0 #8AC5E9 #BDDEF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53
#56ABE0 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30
#56ABE0 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56ABE0
8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##56ABE0#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##56ABE01.002.538.308.30
#FFFFFF2.531.0021.0021.00
#0000008.3021.001.001.00
##0000008.3021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#93ABE2
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#809DDF
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B8BD
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #56abe0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 171, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.113 238.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92c3ea',
    500: '#56abe0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #56abe0;
$custom-light: #92c3ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#56abe0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.043,
    "s": 69,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71,
    "c": 0.11312,
    "h": 238.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#56ABE0
secondary
#E3C3AF
accent
#5D15D1
background
#F9FCFE
surface
#F2F8FD
border
#CCD1D5
text
#0E1216
muted
#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #56ABE0

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#56ABE0 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva