#56ACE4#56ACE4

#56ACE4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.117 H 239.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56ACE4
RGB	rgb(86, 172, 228)
HSL	hsl(204, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(204, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 24.6%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.34, -9.26, -35.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.34, 37.07, 255.53°)
OKLab	oklab(71.41% -0.0587 -0.1008)
OKLCH	oklch(71.41% 0.117 239.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.5886, 37.0817, 78.8238)
Luminance	0.3709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56ACE4 #E48E56

analogous

#56E4D5 #56ACE4 #5665E4

triadic

#56ACE4 #E456AC #ACE456

tetradic

#56ACE4 #D556E4 #E48E56 #65E456

square

#56ACE4 #D556E4 #E48E56 #65E456

split-complementary

#56ACE4 #E45665 #E4D556

monochromatic

#1A6EA5 #2392DA #56ACE4 #8BC6EC #C0E0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#56ACE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#56ACE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56ACE4

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56ACE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56ACE4	1.00	2.49	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92ACE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F9EE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BABF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56ace4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 172, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.117 239.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92c4ec',
    500: '#56ace4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56ace4;
$custom-light: #92c4ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56ace4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.662,
    "s": 72.449,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71412,
    "c": 0.11667,
    "h": 239.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56ACE4

secondary

#E5C5B0

accent

#5E11D5

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #56ACE4

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

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