#56ADD2#56ADD2

#56ADD2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.099 H 228.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56ADD2
RGB	rgb(86, 173, 210)
HSL	hsl(198, 58%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(198, 59%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(59%, 17.6%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.91, -15.40, -26.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.91, 30.79, 239.98°)
OKLab	oklab(70.84% -0.066 -0.0743)
OKLCH	oklch(70.84% 0.099 228.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.4097, 36.5158, 66.4059)
Luminance	0.3652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56ADD2 #D27B56

analogous

#56D2B9 #56ADD2 #566FD2

triadic

#56ADD2 #D256AD #ADD256

tetradic

#56ADD2 #B956D2 #D27B56 #6FD256

square

#56ADD2 #B956D2 #D27B56 #6FD256

split-complementary

#56ADD2 #D2566F #D2B956

monochromatic

#256B89 #3191B9 #56ADD2 #86C4DF #B7DCEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#56ADD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#56ADD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56ADD2

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56ADD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56ADD2	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AAAD4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#889DD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56add2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 173, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.099 228.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c5e0',
    500: '#56add2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56add2;
$custom-light: #90c5e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56add2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.903,
    "s": 57.944,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70838,
    "c": 0.09939,
    "h": 228.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56ADD2

secondary

#DBB8A9

accent

#7547E1

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #56ADD2

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

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