#56ACEB#56ACEB

#56ACEB is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.124 H 242.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56ACEB
RGB	rgb(86, 172, 235)
HSL	hsl(205, 79%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(205, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 26.8%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.63, -7.02, -39.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.63, 39.89, 259.86°)
OKLab	oklab(71.74% -0.0565 -0.1105)
OKLCH	oklch(71.74% 0.124 242.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.5800, 37.4783, 84.0455)
Luminance	0.3748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56ACEB #EB9556

analogous

#56EBDF #56ACEB #5661EB

triadic

#56ACEB #EB56AC #ACEB56

tetradic

#56ACEB #DF56EB #EB9556 #61EB56

square

#56ACEB #DF56EB #EB9556 #61EB56

split-complementary

#56ACEB #EB5661 #EBDF56

monochromatic

#156FB2 #1F91E5 #56ACEB #8DC7F1 #C3E2F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#56ACEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#56ACEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56ACEB

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56ACEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56ACEB	1.00	2.47	8.50	8.50
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90ADEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C9EEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56aceb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 172, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.124 242.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93c4f1',
    500: '#56aceb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56aceb;
$custom-light: #93c4f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56aceb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.369,
    "s": 78.836,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71744,
    "c": 0.12415,
    "h": 242.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56ACEB

secondary

#E9CAB4

accent

#630ADB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1217

muted

#7E8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #56ACEB

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

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