#56ADE3#56ADE3

#56ADE3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.115 H 238.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56ADE3
RGB	rgb(86, 173, 227)
HSL	hsl(203, 72%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(203, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 23.8%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.58, -10.13, -34.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.58, 36.40, 253.85°)
OKLab	oklab(71.59% -0.0601 -0.0981)
OKLCH	oklch(71.59% 0.115 238.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.6412, 37.4084, 78.1585)
Luminance	0.3741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56ADE3 #E38C56

analogous

#56E3D3 #56ADE3 #5667E3

triadic

#56ADE3 #E356AD #ADE356

tetradic

#56ADE3 #D356E3 #E38C56 #67E356

square

#56ADE3 #D356E3 #E38C56 #67E356

split-complementary

#56ADE3 #E35667 #E3D356

monochromatic

#1B6FA4 #2493D8 #56ADE3 #8BC6EC #BFE0F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#56ADE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#56ADE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56ADE3

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56ADE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56ADE3	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94ADE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#819EE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56ade3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 173, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.115 238.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92c5ec',
    500: '#56ade3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56ade3;
$custom-light: #92c5ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56ade3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.979,
    "s": 71.574,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71592,
    "c": 0.11507,
    "h": 238.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56ADE3

secondary

#E5C4B0

accent

#5C12D4

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #56ADE3

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

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