#56ABE6#56ABE6

#56ABE6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.119 H 241.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#56ABE6
RGBrgb(86, 171, 230)
HSLhsl(205, 74%, 62%)
HSVhsv(205, 63%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(62.6%, 25.7%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LABlab(67.14, -8.08, -37.30)
CIE-LCHlch(67.14, 38.17, 257.79°)
OKLaboklab(71.28% -0.0571 -0.1049)
OKLCHoklch(71.28% 0.119 241.5)
XYZxyz(32.6782, 36.8142, 80.2313)
Luminance0.3682 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#56ABE6 #E69156
analogous
#56E6D9 #56ABE6 #5663E6
triadic
#56ABE6 #E656AB #ABE656
tetradic
#56ABE6 #D956E6 #E69156 #63E656
square
#56ABE6 #D956E6 #E69156 #63E656
split-complementary
#56ABE6 #E65663 #E6D956
monochromatic
#196EA9 #2190DE #56ABE6 #8BC6EE #C1E0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51
#56ABE6 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36
#56ABE6 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56ABE6
8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##56ABE6#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##56ABE61.002.518.368.36
#FFFFFF2.511.0021.0021.00
#0000008.3621.001.001.00
##0000008.3621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#90ABE9
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7D9DE5
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00BABF
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #56abe6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 171, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.119 241.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92c3ee',
    500: '#56abe6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #56abe6;
$custom-light: #92c3ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#56abe6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.583,
    "s": 74.227,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71281,
    "c": 0.1194,
    "h": 241.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#56ABE6
secondary
#E6C7B1
accent
#610FD6
background
#F9FCFE
surface
#F2F8FD
border
#CCD1D5
text
#0E1216
muted
#7E8184

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#56ABE6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva