#56ADCC#56ADCC

#56ADCC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.095 H 224.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56ADCC
RGB	rgb(86, 173, 204)
HSL	hsl(196, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(196, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.8%, 15.2%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.69, -17.22, -23.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.69, 29.28, 233.99°)
OKLab	oklab(70.59% -0.0682 -0.0659)
OKLCH	oklch(70.59% 0.095 224)
XYZ	xyz(29.6762, 36.2224, 62.5427)
Luminance	0.3623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56ADCC #CC7556

analogous

#56CCB0 #56ADCC #5672CC

triadic

#56ADCC #CC56AD #ADCC56

tetradic

#56ADCC #B056CC #CC7556 #72CC56

square

#56ADCC #B056CC #CC7556 #72CC56

split-complementary

#56ADCC #CC5672 #CCB056

monochromatic

#276981 #3590B0 #56ADCC #85C4DA #B4DBE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#56ADCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#56ADCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56ADCC

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56ADCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56ADCC	1.00	2.55	8.24	8.24
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA9CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B9DCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56adcc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 173, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.095 224.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc5db',
    500: '#56adcc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56adcc;
$custom-light: #8fc5db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56adcc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.763,
    "s": 53.636,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70586,
    "c": 0.09484,
    "h": 224
  },
  "luminance": 0.36225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56ADCC

secondary

#D7B3A7

accent

#714BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #56ADCC

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

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