#56ABE5#56ABE5

#56ABE5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.118 H 241.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56ABE5
RGB	rgb(86, 171, 229)
HSL	hsl(204, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(204, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 25.3%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.10, -8.39, -36.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.10, 37.77, 257.16°)
OKLab	oklab(71.23% -0.0574 -0.1035)
OKLCH	oklch(71.23% 0.118 241)
XYZ	xyz(32.5382, 36.7582, 79.4938)
Luminance	0.3676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56ABE5 #E59056

analogous

#56E5D8 #56ABE5 #5664E5

triadic

#56ABE5 #E556AB #ABE556

tetradic

#56ABE5 #D856E5 #E59056 #64E556

square

#56ABE5 #D856E5 #E59056 #64E556

split-complementary

#56ABE5 #E55664 #E5D856

monochromatic

#1A6EA7 #2290DC #56ABE5 #8BC5ED #C0E0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#56ABE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#56ABE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56ABE5

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56ABE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56ABE5	1.00	2.51	8.35	8.35
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91ABE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D9DE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56abe5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 171, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.118 241.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92c3ed',
    500: '#56abe5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56abe5;
$custom-light: #92c3ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56abe5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.336,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71233,
    "c": 0.11833,
    "h": 241
  },
  "luminance": 0.36761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56ABE5

secondary

#E6C6B1

accent

#6010D5

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #56ABE5

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

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