#56ACD2#56ACD2

#56ACD2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.100 H 229.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56ACD2
RGB	rgb(86, 172, 210)
HSL	hsl(198, 58%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(198, 59%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(59%, 18.1%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.62, -14.87, -27.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.62, 30.91, 241.24°)
OKLab	oklab(70.61% -0.0649 -0.0756)
OKLCH	oklch(70.61% 0.1 229.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.2186, 36.1337, 66.3423)
Luminance	0.3614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56ACD2 #D27C56

analogous

#56D2BA #56ACD2 #566ED2

triadic

#56ACD2 #D256AC #ACD256

tetradic

#56ACD2 #BA56D2 #D27C56 #6ED256

square

#56ACD2 #BA56D2 #D27C56 #6ED256

split-complementary

#56ACD2 #D2566E #D2BA56

monochromatic

#256A89 #3190B9 #56ACD2 #86C4DF #B7DBEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#56ACD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#56ACD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56ACD2

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56ACD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56ACD2	1.00	2.55	8.23	8.23
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A9D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#879CD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56acd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 172, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.100 229.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c4e0',
    500: '#56acd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56acd2;
$custom-light: #90c4e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56acd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.387,
    "s": 57.944,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70606,
    "c": 0.09965,
    "h": 229.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56ACD2

secondary

#DBB8A9

accent

#7647E1

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #56ACD2

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

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