#56ADCE#56ADCE

#56ADCE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.096 H 225.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56ADCE
RGB	rgb(86, 173, 206)
HSL	hsl(197, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(197, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.3%, 16%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.76, -16.62, -24.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.76, 29.75, 236.05°)
OKLab	oklab(70.67% -0.0675 -0.0687)
OKLCH	oklch(70.67% 0.096 225.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.9176, 36.3189, 63.8142)
Luminance	0.3632 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56ADCE #CE7756

analogous

#56CEB3 #56ADCE #5671CE

triadic

#56ADCE #CE56AD #ADCE56

tetradic

#56ADCE #B356CE #CE7756 #71CE56

square

#56ADCE #B356CE #CE7756 #71CE56

split-complementary

#56ADCE #CE5671 #CEB356

monochromatic

#266A83 #3490B3 #56ADCE #85C4DC #B5DBEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#56ADCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#56ADCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56ADCE

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56ADCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56ADCE	1.00	2.54	8.26	8.26
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BAAD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A9DCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56adce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 173, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.096 225.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c5dd',
    500: '#56adce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56adce;
$custom-light: #90c5dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56adce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.5,
    "s": 55.046,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70669,
    "c": 0.0963,
    "h": 225.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56ADCE

secondary

#D8B5A8

accent

#7249DE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #56ADCE

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

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