#56ACED#56ACED

#56ACED is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.126 H 243.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56ACED
RGB	rgb(86, 172, 237)
HSL	hsl(206, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(206, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 27.4%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.72, -6.38, -40.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.72, 40.73, 260.99°)
OKLab	oklab(71.84% -0.0559 -0.1133)
OKLCH	oklch(71.84% 0.126 243.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.8706, 37.5945, 85.5758)
Luminance	0.3760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#56ACED #ED9756

analogous

#56EDE3 #56ACED #5660ED

triadic

#56ACED #ED56AC #ACED56

tetradic

#56ACED #E356ED #ED9756 #60ED56

square

#56ACED #E356ED #ED9756 #60ED56

split-complementary

#56ACED #ED5660 #EDE356

monochromatic

#1370B5 #1F91E7 #56ACED #8DC7F3 #C5E2F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#56ACED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#56ACED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56ACED

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56ACED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56ACED	1.00	2.46	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FADF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A9EEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56aced;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 172, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.126 243.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93c4f3',
    500: '#56aced',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56aced;
$custom-light: #93c4f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56aced",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.828,
    "s": 80.749,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71841,
    "c": 0.12636,
    "h": 243.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56ACED

secondary

#EACCB4

accent

#6408DD

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1217

muted

#7E8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #56ACED

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

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