#56ADD6#56ADD6

#56ADD6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.103 H 231.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56ADD6
RGB	rgb(86, 173, 214)
HSL	hsl(199, 61%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(199, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.8%, 19.2%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.06, -14.18, -28.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.06, 31.95, 243.65°)
OKLab	oklab(71.01% -0.0646 -0.0799)
OKLCH	oklch(71.01% 0.103 231.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.9142, 36.7176, 69.0633)
Luminance	0.3672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56ADD6 #D67F56

analogous

#56D6BF #56ADD6 #566DD6

triadic

#56ADD6 #D656AD #ADD656

tetradic

#56ADD6 #BF56D6 #D67F56 #6DD656

square

#56ADD6 #BF56D6 #D67F56 #6DD656

split-complementary

#56ADD6 #D6566D #D6BF56

monochromatic

#236C8F #2F92C0 #56ADD6 #87C5E2 #B9DDEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#56ADD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.34

#56ADD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56ADD6

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56ADD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56ADD6	1.00	2.52	8.34	8.34
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99ABD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#879DD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56add6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 173, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.103 231.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c5e2',
    500: '#56add6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56add6;
$custom-light: #91c5e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56add6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.219,
    "s": 60.952,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7101,
    "c": 0.10275,
    "h": 231.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56ADD6

secondary

#DDBBAB

accent

#7744E4

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #56ADD6

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

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