#56ACDE#56ACDE

#56ACDE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.111 H 236.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56ACDE
RGB	rgb(86, 172, 222)
HSL	hsl(202, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(202, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.3%, 22.5%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.09, -11.16, -32.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.09, 34.82, 251.31°)
OKLab	oklab(71.14% -0.0607 -0.0924)
OKLCH	oklch(71.14% 0.111 236.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.7701, 36.7543, 74.5131)
Luminance	0.3676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56ACDE #DE8856

analogous

#56DECC #56ACDE #5668DE

triadic

#56ACDE #DE56AC #ACDE56

tetradic

#56ACDE #CC56DE #DE8856 #68DE56

square

#56ACDE #CC56DE #DE8856 #68DE56

split-complementary

#56ACDE #DE5668 #DECC56

monochromatic

#1E6D9B #2891CE #56ACDE #89C5E8 #BCDEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#56ACDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#56ACDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56ACDE

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56ACDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56ACDE	1.00	2.51	8.35	8.35
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95ABE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#829DDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56acde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 172, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.111 236.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c4e8',
    500: '#56acde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56acde;
$custom-light: #91c4e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56acde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.059,
    "s": 67.327,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71136,
    "c": 0.1106,
    "h": 236.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56ACDE

secondary

#E2C1AE

accent

#5A16CF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #56ACDE

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

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