#56ADE0#56ADE0

#56ADE0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.112 H 237.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56ADE0
RGB	rgb(86, 173, 224)
HSL	hsl(202, 69%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(202, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 22.8%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.46, -11.07, -33.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.46, 35.29, 251.72°)
OKLab	oklab(71.45% -0.0611 -0.0939)
OKLCH	oklch(71.45% 0.112 237)
XYZ	xyz(32.2307, 37.2442, 75.9968)
Luminance	0.3725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#56ADE0 #E08956

analogous

#56E0CE #56ADE0 #5668E0

triadic

#56ADE0 #E056AD #ADE056

tetradic

#56ADE0 #CE56E0 #E08956 #68E056

square

#56ADE0 #CE56E0 #E08956 #68E056

split-complementary

#56ADE0 #E05668 #E0CE56

monochromatic

#1D6F9F #2793D2 #56ADE0 #8AC6E9 #BDDFF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#56ADE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#56ADE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56ADE0

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56ADE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56ADE0	1.00	2.49	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95ACE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#829EDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BABE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56ade0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 173, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.112 237.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92c5ea',
    500: '#56ade0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56ade0;
$custom-light: #92c5ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56ade0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.174,
    "s": 69,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71454,
    "c": 0.11206,
    "h": 237
  },
  "luminance": 0.37247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56ADE0

secondary

#E3C2AF

accent

#5A15D1

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #56ADE0

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

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