#56ADD4#56ADD4

#56ADD4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.101 H 229.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56ADD4
RGB	rgb(86, 173, 212)
HSL	hsl(199, 59%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(199, 59%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.4%, 18.4%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.99, -14.79, -27.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.99, 31.35, 241.84°)
OKLab	oklab(70.92% -0.0653 -0.0771)
OKLCH	oklch(70.92% 0.101 229.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.6604, 36.6161, 67.7264)
Luminance	0.3662 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56ADD4 #D47D56

analogous

#56D4BC #56ADD4 #566ED4

triadic

#56ADD4 #D456AD #ADD456

tetradic

#56ADD4 #BC56D4 #D47D56 #6ED456

square

#56ADD4 #BC56D4 #D47D56 #6ED456

split-complementary

#56ADD4 #D4566E #D4BC56

monochromatic

#246C8C #3091BD #56ADD4 #87C5E0 #B8DCED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#56ADD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#56ADD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56ADD4

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56ADD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56ADD4	1.00	2.52	8.32	8.32
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99AAD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#879DD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56add4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 173, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.101 229.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c5e1',
    500: '#56add4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56add4;
$custom-light: #90c5e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56add4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.571,
    "s": 59.434,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70923,
    "c": 0.10105,
    "h": 229.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56ADD4

secondary

#DCB9AA

accent

#7645E3

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #56ADD4

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

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