#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
RGBrgb(86, 172, 232)
HSLhsl(205, 76%, 62%)
HSVhsv(205, 63%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(62.9%, 25.9%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LABlab(67.51, -7.99, -37.82)
CIE-LCHlch(67.51, 38.66, 258.08°)
OKLaboklab(71.6% -0.0575 -0.1064)
OKLCHoklch(71.6% 0.121 241.6)
XYZxyz(33.1503, 37.3064, 81.7821)
Luminance0.3731 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

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
##56ACE81.002.488.468.46
#FFFFFF2.481.0021.0021.00
#0000008.4621.001.001.00
##0000008.4621.001.001.00

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

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#56ACE8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva