#56ADD9#56ADD9

#56ADD9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.105 H 233.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56ADD9
RGB	rgb(86, 173, 217)
HSL	hsl(200, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(200, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.4%, 20.3%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.18, -13.26, -30.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.18, 32.89, 246.23°)
OKLab	oklab(71.14% -0.0635 -0.0841)
OKLCH	oklch(71.14% 0.105 233)
XYZ	xyz(31.3009, 36.8723, 71.0997)
Luminance	0.3688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56ADD9 #D98256

analogous

#56D9C4 #56ADD9 #566CD9

triadic

#56ADD9 #D956AD #ADD956

tetradic

#56ADD9 #C456D9 #D98256 #6CD956

square

#56ADD9 #C456D9 #D98256 #6CD956

split-complementary

#56ADD9 #D9566C #D9C456

monochromatic

#216D93 #2C92C5 #56ADD9 #88C5E4 #BADDEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#56ADD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#56ADD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56ADD9

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56ADD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56ADD9	1.00	2.51	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98ABDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#859ED8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56add9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 173, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.105 233.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c5e5',
    500: '#56add9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56add9;
$custom-light: #91c5e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56add9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.153,
    "s": 63.285,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71141,
    "c": 0.10542,
    "h": 233
  },
  "luminance": 0.36875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56ADD9

secondary

#DFBDAC

accent

#7941E6

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1215

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #56ADD9

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

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