#56ADE6#56ADE6

#56ADE6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.118 H 240.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56ADE6
RGB	rgb(86, 173, 230)
HSL	hsl(204, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(204, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 24.8%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.71, -9.17, -36.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.71, 37.56, 255.86°)
OKLab	oklab(71.73% -0.0591 -0.1023)
OKLCH	oklch(71.73% 0.118 240)
XYZ	xyz(33.0588, 37.5754, 80.3581)
Luminance	0.3758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#56ADE6 #E68F56

analogous

#56E6D7 #56ADE6 #5665E6

triadic

#56ADE6 #E656AD #ADE656

tetradic

#56ADE6 #D756E6 #E68F56 #65E656

square

#56ADE6 #D756E6 #E68F56 #65E656

split-complementary

#56ADE6 #E65665 #E6D756

monochromatic

#1970A9 #2193DE #56ADE6 #8BC7EE #C1E1F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#56ADE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#56ADE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56ADE6

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56ADE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56ADE6	1.00	2.47	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93ADE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F9FE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56ade6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 173, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.118 240.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92c5ee',
    500: '#56ade6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56ade6;
$custom-light: #92c5ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56ade6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.75,
    "s": 74.227,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71731,
    "c": 0.11816,
    "h": 240
  },
  "luminance": 0.37579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56ADE6

secondary

#E6C6B1

accent

#5E0FD6

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #56ADE6

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

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