#56ABE8#56ABE8

#56ABE8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.122 H 242.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56ABE8
RGB	rgb(86, 171, 232)
HSL	hsl(205, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(205, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 26.3%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.22, -7.44, -38.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.22, 38.98, 259.00°)
OKLab	oklab(71.38% -0.0564 -0.1077)
OKLCH	oklch(71.38% 0.122 242.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.9607, 36.9272, 81.7189)
Luminance	0.3693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56ABE8 #E89356

analogous

#56E8DC #56ABE8 #5662E8

triadic

#56ABE8 #E856AB #ABE856

tetradic

#56ABE8 #DC56E8 #E89356 #62E856

square

#56ABE8 #DC56E8 #E89356 #62E856

split-complementary

#56ABE8 #E85662 #E8DC56

monochromatic

#176EAC #2090E1 #56ABE8 #8CC6EF #C2E1F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#56ABE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#56ABE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56ABE8

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56ABE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56ABE8	1.00	2.50	8.39	8.39
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90ACEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C9DE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56abe8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 171, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.122 242.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93c3ef',
    500: '#56abe8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56abe8;
$custom-light: #93c3ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56abe8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.068,
    "s": 76.042,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71376,
    "c": 0.12155,
    "h": 242.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56ABE8

secondary

#E8C9B2

accent

#620DD8

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #56ABE8

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

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