#56ACE6#56ACE6

#56ACE6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.119 H 240.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56ACE6
RGB	rgb(86, 172, 230)
HSL	hsl(204, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(204, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 25.2%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.42, -8.63, -36.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.42, 37.86, 256.83°)
OKLab	oklab(71.51% -0.0581 -0.1036)
OKLCH	oklch(71.51% 0.119 240.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.8678, 37.1934, 80.2945)
Luminance	0.3720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56ACE6 #E69056

analogous

#56E6D8 #56ACE6 #5664E6

triadic

#56ACE6 #E656AC #ACE656

tetradic

#56ACE6 #D856E6 #E69056 #64E656

square

#56ACE6 #D856E6 #E69056 #64E656

split-complementary

#56ACE6 #E65664 #E6D856

monochromatic

#196FA9 #2192DE #56ACE6 #8BC6EE #C1E0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#56ACE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#56ACE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56ACE6

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56ACE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56ACE6	1.00	2.49	8.44	8.44
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92ACE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E9EE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56ace6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 172, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.119 240.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92c4ee',
    500: '#56ace6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56ace6;
$custom-light: #92c4ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56ace6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.167,
    "s": 74.227,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71506,
    "c": 0.11877,
    "h": 240.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56ACE6

secondary

#E6C7B1

accent

#5F0FD6

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #56ACE6

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

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