#56ADD5#56ADD5

#56ADD5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.102 H 230.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56ADD5
RGB	rgb(86, 173, 213)
HSL	hsl(199, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(199, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.6%, 18.8%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.03, -14.49, -28.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.03, 31.65, 242.75°)
OKLab	oklab(70.97% -0.0649 -0.0785)
OKLCH	oklch(70.97% 0.102 230.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.7869, 36.6667, 68.3928)
Luminance	0.3667 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56ADD5 #D57E56

analogous

#56D5BE #56ADD5 #566DD5

triadic

#56ADD5 #D556AD #ADD556

tetradic

#56ADD5 #BE56D5 #D57E56 #6DD556

square

#56ADD5 #BE56D5 #D57E56 #6DD556

split-complementary

#56ADD5 #D5566D #D5BE56

monochromatic

#236C8D #2F91BE #56ADD5 #87C5E1 #B8DDED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#56ADD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#56ADD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56ADD5

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56ADD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56ADD5	1.00	2.52	8.33	8.33
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99ABD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#879DD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56add5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 173, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.102 230.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c5e2',
    500: '#56add5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56add5;
$custom-light: #90c5e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56add5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.898,
    "s": 60.19,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70966,
    "c": 0.1019,
    "h": 230.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56ADD5

secondary

#DDBAAA

accent

#7744E3

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #56ADD5

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

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