#56ACE8#56ACE8

#56ACE8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.121 H 241.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56ACE8
RGB	rgb(86, 172, 232)
HSL	hsl(205, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(205, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 25.9%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.51, -7.99, -37.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.51, 38.66, 258.08°)
OKLab	oklab(71.6% -0.0575 -0.1064)
OKLCH	oklch(71.6% 0.121 241.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.1503, 37.3064, 81.7821)
Luminance	0.3731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56ACE8 #E89256

analogous

#56E8DB #56ACE8 #5663E8

triadic

#56ACE8 #E856AC #ACE856

tetradic

#56ACE8 #DB56E8 #E89256 #63E856

square

#56ACE8 #DB56E8 #E89256 #63E856

split-complementary

#56ACE8 #E85663 #E8DB56

monochromatic

#176FAC #2092E1 #56ACE8 #8CC6EF #C2E1F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#56ACE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#56ACE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56ACE8

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56ACE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56ACE8	1.00	2.48	8.46	8.46
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91ACEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D9EE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56ace8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 172, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.121 241.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93c4ef',
    500: '#56ace8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56ace8;
$custom-light: #93c4ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56ace8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.658,
    "s": 76.042,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.716,
    "c": 0.12091,
    "h": 241.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56ACE8

secondary

#E8C8B2

accent

#610DD8

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #56ACE8

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

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