#56ACE2#56ACE2

#56ACE2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.115 H 238.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56ACE2
RGB	rgb(86, 172, 226)
HSL	hsl(203, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(203, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 23.9%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.26, -9.90, -34.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.26, 36.30, 254.18°)
OKLab	oklab(71.32% -0.0594 -0.098)
OKLCH	oklch(71.32% 0.115 238.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.3125, 36.9713, 77.3701)
Luminance	0.3697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56ACE2 #E28C56

analogous

#56E2D2 #56ACE2 #5666E2

triadic

#56ACE2 #E256AC #ACE256

tetradic

#56ACE2 #D256E2 #E28C56 #66E256

square

#56ACE2 #D256E2 #E28C56 #66E256

split-complementary

#56ACE2 #E25666 #E2D256

monochromatic

#1C6EA2 #2592D6 #56ACE2 #8AC6EB #BEDFF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#56ACE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#56ACE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56ACE2

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56ACE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56ACE2	1.00	2.50	8.39	8.39
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93ACE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#809EE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BABE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56ace2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 172, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.115 238.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92c4eb',
    500: '#56ace2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56ace2;
$custom-light: #92c4eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56ace2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.143,
    "s": 70.707,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71319,
    "c": 0.11461,
    "h": 238.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56ACE2

secondary

#E4C4B0

accent

#5D13D3

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #56ACE2

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

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