#56ACE5#56ACE5

#56ACE5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.118 H 240.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56ACE5
RGB	rgb(86, 172, 229)
HSL	hsl(204, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(204, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 24.9%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.38, -8.94, -36.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.38, 37.46, 256.19°)
OKLab	oklab(71.46% -0.0584 -0.1022)
OKLCH	oklch(71.46% 0.118 240.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.7278, 37.1374, 79.5570)
Luminance	0.3714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56ACE5 #E58F56

analogous

#56E5D6 #56ACE5 #5665E5

triadic

#56ACE5 #E556AC #ACE556

tetradic

#56ACE5 #D656E5 #E58F56 #65E556

square

#56ACE5 #D656E5 #E58F56 #65E556

split-complementary

#56ACE5 #E55665 #E5D656

monochromatic

#1A6FA7 #2292DC #56ACE5 #8BC6ED #C0E0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#56ACE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#56ACE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56ACE5

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56ACE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56ACE5	1.00	2.49	8.43	8.43
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92ACE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F9EE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BABF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56ace5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 172, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.118 240.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92c4ed',
    500: '#56ace5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56ace5;
$custom-light: #92c4ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56ace5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.916,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71459,
    "c": 0.11771,
    "h": 240.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56ACE5

secondary

#E6C6B1

accent

#5F10D5

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #56ACE5

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

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