#56ADCD#56ADCD

#56ADCD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.096 H 224.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56ADCD
RGB	rgb(86, 173, 205)
HSL	hsl(196, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(196, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(58%, 15.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.73, -16.92, -24.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.73, 29.51, 235.02°)
OKLab	oklab(70.63% -0.0679 -0.0673)
OKLCH	oklch(70.63% 0.096 224.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.7965, 36.2705, 63.1764)
Luminance	0.3627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56ADCD #CD7656

analogous

#56CDB1 #56ADCD #5672CD

triadic

#56ADCD #CD56AD #ADCD56

tetradic

#56ADCD #B156CD #CD7656 #72CD56

square

#56ADCD #B156CD #CD7656 #72CD56

split-complementary

#56ADCD #CD5672 #CDB156

monochromatic

#266982 #3490B1 #56ADCD #85C4DB #B4DBE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#56ADCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#56ADCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56ADCD

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56ADCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56ADCD	1.00	2.54	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BAACF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A9DCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56adcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 173, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.096 224.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c5dc',
    500: '#56adcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56adcd;
$custom-light: #90c5dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56adcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.134,
    "s": 54.338,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70628,
    "c": 0.09557,
    "h": 224.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56ADCD

secondary

#D8B4A7

accent

#724ADE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #56ADCD

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

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