#56ACDC#56ACDC

#56ACDC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.109 H 235.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56ACDC
RGB	rgb(86, 172, 220)
HSL	hsl(201, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(201, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 21.8%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.01, -11.78, -32.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.01, 34.11, 249.79°)
OKLab	oklab(71.05% -0.0614 -0.0896)
OKLCH	oklch(71.05% 0.109 235.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.5036, 36.6477, 73.1097)
Luminance	0.3665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56ACDC #DC8656

analogous

#56DCC9 #56ACDC #5669DC

triadic

#56ACDC #DC56AC #ACDC56

tetradic

#56ACDC #C956DC #DC8656 #69DC56

square

#56ACDC #C956DC #DC8656 #69DC56

split-complementary

#56ACDC #DC5669 #DCC956

monochromatic

#206D98 #2A91CB #56ACDC #89C5E6 #BBDEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#56ACDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#56ACDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56ACDC

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56ACDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56ACDC	1.00	2.52	8.33	8.33
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95ABDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#839DDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56acdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 172, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.109 235.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c4e7',
    500: '#56acdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56acdc;
$custom-light: #91c4e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56acdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.493,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71045,
    "c": 0.10865,
    "h": 235.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56ACDC

secondary

#E1C0AD

accent

#7C3FE9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #56ACDC

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

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