#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
RGB	rgb(86, 173, 232)
HSL	hsl(204, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(204, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 25.4%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.79, -8.54, -37.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.79, 38.34, 257.14°)
OKLab	oklab(71.83% -0.0585 -0.1051)
OKLCH	oklch(71.83% 0.12 240.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.3413, 37.6884, 81.8458)
Luminance	0.3769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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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
##56ADE8	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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