#56ABE4#56ABE4

#56ABE4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.117 H 240.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56ABE4
RGB	rgb(86, 171, 228)
HSL	hsl(204, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(204, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 25%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.05, -8.71, -36.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.05, 37.37, 256.52°)
OKLab	oklab(71.19% -0.0577 -0.1021)
OKLCH	oklch(71.19% 0.117 240.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.3990, 36.7025, 78.7606)
Luminance	0.3671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56ABE4 #E48F56

analogous

#56E4D6 #56ABE4 #5664E4

triadic

#56ABE4 #E456AB #ABE456

tetradic

#56ABE4 #D656E4 #E48F56 #64E456

square

#56ABE4 #D656E4 #E48F56 #64E456

split-complementary

#56ABE4 #E45664 #E4D656

monochromatic

#1A6DA5 #2390DA #56ABE4 #8BC5EC #C0DFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#56ABE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.34

#56ABE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56ABE4

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56ABE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56ABE4	1.00	2.52	8.34	8.34
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91ABE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E9DE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56abe4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 171, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.117 240.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92c3ec',
    500: '#56abe4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56abe4;
$custom-light: #92c3ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56abe4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.085,
    "s": 72.449,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71186,
    "c": 0.11727,
    "h": 240.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56ABE4

secondary

#E5C6B0

accent

#5F11D5

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #56ABE4

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

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