#56ADE8#56ADE8

#56ADE8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.120 H 240.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#56ADE8
RGBrgb(86, 173, 232)
HSLhsl(204, 76%, 62%)
HSVhsv(204, 63%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(62.9%, 25.4%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LABlab(67.79, -8.54, -37.38)
CIE-LCHlch(67.79, 38.34, 257.14°)
OKLaboklab(71.83% -0.0585 -0.1051)
OKLCHoklch(71.83% 0.12 240.9)
XYZxyz(33.3413, 37.6884, 81.8458)
Luminance0.3769 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#56ADE8 #E89156
analogous
#56E8DA #56ADE8 #5664E8
triadic
#56ADE8 #E856AD #ADE856
tetradic
#56ADE8 #DA56E8 #E89156 #64E856
square
#56ADE8 #DA56E8 #E89156 #64E856
split-complementary
#56ADE8 #E85664 #E8DA56
monochromatic
#1770AC #2093E1 #56ADE8 #8CC7EF #C2E1F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46
#56ADE8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54
#56ADE8 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56ADE8
8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##56ADE8#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##56ADE81.002.468.548.54
#FFFFFF2.461.0021.0021.00
#0000008.5421.001.001.00
##0000008.5421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#92ADEB
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7E9FE7
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00BCC1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #56ade8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 173, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.120 240.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93c5ef',
    500: '#56ade8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #56ade8;
$custom-light: #93c5ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#56ade8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.247,
    "s": 76.042,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71825,
    "c": 0.12027,
    "h": 240.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#56ADE8
secondary
#E8C8B2
accent
#5F0DD8
background
#F9FCFE
surface
#F2F8FD
border
#CCD1D5
text
#0E1216
muted
#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #56ADE8

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#56ADE8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva