#56ADDD#56ADDD

#56ADDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.109 H 235.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56ADDD
RGB	rgb(86, 173, 221)
HSL	hsl(201, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(201, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 21.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.34, -12.01, -32.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.34, 34.23, 249.46°)
OKLab	oklab(71.32% -0.0621 -0.0897)
OKLCH	oklch(71.32% 0.109 235.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.8275, 37.0829, 73.8730)
Luminance	0.3709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56ADDD #DD8656

analogous

#56DDC9 #56ADDD #566ADD

triadic

#56ADDD #DD56AD #ADDD56

tetradic

#56ADDD #C956DD #DD8656 #6ADD56

square

#56ADDD #C956DD #DD8656 #6ADD56

split-complementary

#56ADDD #DD566A #DDC956

monochromatic

#1F6E9A #2993CD #56ADDD #89C6E7 #BCDEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#56ADDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#56ADDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56ADDD

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56ADDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56ADDD	1.00	2.49	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96ACDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#849EDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BABD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56addd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 173, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.109 235.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c5e7',
    500: '#56addd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56addd;
$custom-light: #91c5e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56addd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.333,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71319,
    "c": 0.10915,
    "h": 235.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56ADDD

secondary

#E1C0AE

accent

#5817CE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #56ADDD

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

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