#56ADE2#56ADE2

#56ADE2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.114 H 238.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56ADE2
RGB	rgb(86, 173, 226)
HSL	hsl(203, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(203, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 23.5%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.54, -10.44, -34.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.54, 36.03, 253.15°)
OKLab	oklab(71.55% -0.0604 -0.0967)
OKLCH	oklch(71.55% 0.114 238)
XYZ	xyz(32.5036, 37.3533, 77.4337)
Luminance	0.3736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56ADE2 #E28B56

analogous

#56E2D1 #56ADE2 #5667E2

triadic

#56ADE2 #E256AD #ADE256

tetradic

#56ADE2 #D156E2 #E28B56 #67E256

square

#56ADE2 #D156E2 #E28B56 #67E256

split-complementary

#56ADE2 #E25667 #E2D156

monochromatic

#1C6FA2 #2593D6 #56ADE2 #8AC6EB #BEE0F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#56ADE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#56ADE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56ADE2

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56ADE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56ADE2	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94ACE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#819EE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BABF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56ade2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 173, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.114 238.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92c5eb',
    500: '#56ade2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56ade2;
$custom-light: #92c5eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56ade2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.714,
    "s": 70.707,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71546,
    "c": 0.11406,
    "h": 238
  },
  "luminance": 0.37357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56ADE2

secondary

#E4C4B0

accent

#5B13D3

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #56ADE2

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

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