#56ACCE#56ACCE

#56ACCE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.096 H 226.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56ACCE
RGB	rgb(86, 172, 206)
HSL	hsl(197, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(197, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.3%, 16.5%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.47, -16.09, -25.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.47, 29.83, 237.37°)
OKLab	oklab(70.44% -0.0664 -0.07)
OKLCH	oklch(70.44% 0.096 226.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.7265, 35.9369, 63.7505)
Luminance	0.3594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56ACCE #CE7856

analogous

#56CEB4 #56ACCE #5670CE

triadic

#56ACCE #CE56AC #ACCE56

tetradic

#56ACCE #B456CE #CE7856 #70CE56

square

#56ACCE #B456CE #CE7856 #70CE56

split-complementary

#56ACCE #CE5670 #CEB456

monochromatic

#266983 #348FB3 #56ACCE #85C3DC #B5DBEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#56ACCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#56ACCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56ACCE

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56ACCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56ACCE	1.00	2.56	8.19	8.19
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA9D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#899CCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56acce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 172, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.096 226.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c4dd',
    500: '#56acce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56acce;
$custom-light: #90c4dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56acce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197,
    "s": 55.046,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70437,
    "c": 0.09645,
    "h": 226.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56ACCE

secondary

#D8B5A8

accent

#7449DE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #56ACCE

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

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