#56ACD7#56ACD7

#56ACD7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.104 H 232.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56ACD7
RGB	rgb(86, 172, 215)
HSL	hsl(200, 62%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(200, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 20%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.81, -13.34, -29.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.81, 32.43, 245.72°)
OKLab	oklab(70.82% -0.0631 -0.0826)
OKLCH	oklch(70.82% 0.104 232.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.8513, 36.3868, 69.6743)
Luminance	0.3639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56ACD7 #D78156

analogous

#56D7C2 #56ACD7 #566CD7

triadic

#56ACD7 #D756AC #ACD756

tetradic

#56ACD7 #C256D7 #D78156 #6CD756

square

#56ACD7 #C256D7 #D78156 #6CD756

split-complementary

#56ACD7 #D7566C #D7C256

monochromatic

#226C90 #2E91C2 #56ACD7 #87C4E3 #B9DDEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#56ACD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#56ACD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56ACD7

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56ACD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56ACD7	1.00	2.54	8.28	8.28
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97AAD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#859DD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56acd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 172, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.104 232.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c4e3',
    500: '#56acd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56acd7;
$custom-light: #91c4e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56acd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 61.722,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70823,
    "c": 0.10398,
    "h": 232.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56ACD7

secondary

#DEBCAB

accent

#7943E5

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #56ACD7

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

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