#56ACEF#56ACEF

#56ACEF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.129 H 244.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56ACEF
RGB	rgb(86, 172, 239)
HSL	hsl(206, 83%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(206, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 28%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.81, -5.73, -41.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.81, 41.58, 262.07°)
OKLab	oklab(71.94% -0.0553 -0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(71.94% 0.129 244.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.1644, 37.7120, 87.1233)
Luminance	0.3771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56ACEF #EF9956

analogous

#56EFE6 #56ACEF #565FEF

triadic

#56ACEF #EF56AC #ACEF56

tetradic

#56ACEF #E656EF #EF9956 #5FEF56

square

#56ACEF #E656EF #EF9956 #5FEF56

split-complementary

#56ACEF #EF565F #EFE656

monochromatic

#1270B9 #1E91EA #56ACEF #8EC7F4 #C6E3FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#56ACEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#56ACEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56ACEF

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56ACEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56ACEF	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EAEF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#799FEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56acef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 172, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.129 244.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94c4f4',
    500: '#56acef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56acef;
$custom-light: #94c4f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56acef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.275,
    "s": 82.703,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71938,
    "c": 0.12858,
    "h": 244.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56ACEF

secondary

#EBCDB5

accent

#6506DF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1217

muted

#7E8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #56ACEF

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

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