#56ADD3#56ADD3

#56ADD3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.100 H 229.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56ADD3
RGB	rgb(86, 173, 211)
HSL	hsl(198, 59%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(198, 59%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.2%, 18%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.95, -15.10, -27.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.95, 31.07, 240.92°)
OKLab	oklab(70.88% -0.0656 -0.0757)
OKLCH	oklch(70.88% 0.1 229.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.5346, 36.5658, 67.0641)
Luminance	0.3657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56ADD3 #D37C56

analogous

#56D3BA #56ADD3 #566ED3

triadic

#56ADD3 #D356AD #ADD356

tetradic

#56ADD3 #BA56D3 #D37C56 #6ED356

square

#56ADD3 #BA56D3 #D37C56 #6ED356

split-complementary

#56ADD3 #D3566E #D3BA56

monochromatic

#246B8B #3191BB #56ADD3 #87C5E0 #B7DCEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#56ADD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#56ADD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56ADD3

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56ADD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56ADD3	1.00	2.53	8.31	8.31
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99AAD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#889DD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56add3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 173, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.100 229.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c5e0',
    500: '#56add3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56add3;
$custom-light: #90c5e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56add3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.24,
    "s": 58.685,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7088,
    "c": 0.10022,
    "h": 229.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56ADD3

secondary

#DBB9AA

accent

#7546E2

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #56ADD3

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

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