#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
RGBrgb(86, 173, 206)
HSLhsl(197, 55%, 57%)
HSVhsv(197, 58%, 81%)
CMYKcmyk(58.3%, 16%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LABlab(66.76, -16.62, -24.68)
CIE-LCHlch(66.76, 29.75, 236.05°)
OKLaboklab(70.67% -0.0675 -0.0687)
OKLCHoklch(70.67% 0.096 225.5)
XYZxyz(29.9176, 36.3189, 63.8142)
Luminance0.3632 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

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
##56ADCE1.002.548.268.26
#FFFFFF2.541.0021.0021.00
#0000008.2621.001.001.00
##0000008.2621.001.001.00

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

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#56ADCE Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva