#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
RGB	rgb(86, 171, 230)
HSL	hsl(205, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(205, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 25.7%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.14, -8.08, -37.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.14, 38.17, 257.79°)
OKLab	oklab(71.28% -0.0571 -0.1049)
OKLCH	oklch(71.28% 0.119 241.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.6782, 36.8142, 80.2313)
Luminance	0.3682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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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
##56ABE6	1.00	2.51	8.36	8.36
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #56ABE6

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

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