#56ACDD#56ACDD

#56ACDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.110 H 236.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56ACDD
RGB	rgb(86, 172, 221)
HSL	hsl(202, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(202, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 22.2%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.05, -11.47, -32.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.05, 34.46, 250.56°)
OKLab	oklab(71.09% -0.0611 -0.091)
OKLCH	oklch(71.09% 0.11 236.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.6364, 36.7008, 73.8093)
Luminance	0.3670 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56ACDD #DD8756

analogous

#56DDCB #56ACDD #5668DD

triadic

#56ACDD #DD56AC #ACDD56

tetradic

#56ACDD #CB56DD #DD8756 #68DD56

square

#56ACDD #CB56DD #DD8756 #68DD56

split-complementary

#56ACDD #DD5668 #DDCB56

monochromatic

#1F6D9A #2991CD #56ACDD #89C5E7 #BCDEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#56ACDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.34

#56ACDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56ACDD

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56ACDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56ACDD	1.00	2.52	8.34	8.34
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95ABDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#829DDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56acdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 172, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.110 236.1);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56acdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.778,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71091,
    "c": 0.10962,
    "h": 236.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56ACDD

secondary

#E1C0AE

accent

#5A17CE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #56ACDD

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →