#56ACD5#56ACD5

#56ACD5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.102 H 231.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56ACD5
RGB	rgb(86, 172, 213)
HSL	hsl(199, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(199, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.6%, 19.2%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.74, -13.95, -28.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.74, 31.80, 243.98°)
OKLab	oklab(70.74% -0.0638 -0.0798)
OKLCH	oklch(70.74% 0.102 231.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.5959, 36.2846, 68.3291)
Luminance	0.3629 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56ACD5 #D57F56

analogous

#56D5BE #56ACD5 #566CD5

triadic

#56ACD5 #D556AC #ACD556

tetradic

#56ACD5 #BE56D5 #D57F56 #6CD556

square

#56ACD5 #BE56D5 #D57F56 #6CD556

split-complementary

#56ACD5 #D5566C #D5BE56

monochromatic

#236B8D #2F90BE #56ACD5 #87C4E1 #B8DCED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#56ACD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#56ACD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56ACD5

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56ACD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56ACD5	1.00	2.54	8.26	8.26
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98AAD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#869DD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56acd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 172, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.102 231.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c4e2',
    500: '#56acd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56acd5;
$custom-light: #90c4e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56acd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.37,
    "s": 60.19,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70736,
    "c": 0.10221,
    "h": 231.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56ACD5

secondary

#DDBBAA

accent

#7844E3

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #56ACD5

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

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