#56ADE9#56ADE9

#56ADE9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.121 H 241.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56ADE9
RGB	rgb(86, 173, 233)
HSL	hsl(204, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(204, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 25.8%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.83, -8.22, -37.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.83, 38.74, 257.76°)
OKLab	oklab(71.87% -0.0582 -0.1065)
OKLCH	oklch(71.87% 0.121 241.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.4837, 37.7454, 82.5960)
Luminance	0.3775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#56ADE9 #E99256

analogous

#56E9DC #56ADE9 #5663E9

triadic

#56ADE9 #E956AD #ADE956

tetradic

#56ADE9 #DC56E9 #E99256 #63E956

square

#56ADE9 #DC56E9 #E99256 #63E956

split-complementary

#56ADE9 #E95663 #E9DC56

monochromatic

#1770AE #2093E2 #56ADE9 #8CC7F0 #C2E2F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#56ADE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#56ADE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56ADE9

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56ADE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56ADE9	1.00	2.46	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92ADEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E9FE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56ade9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 173, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.121 241.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93c5f0',
    500: '#56ade9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56ade9;
$custom-light: #93c5f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56ade9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.49,
    "s": 76.963,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71873,
    "c": 0.12133,
    "h": 241.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56ADE9

secondary

#E8C8B3

accent

#600CD9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #56ADE9

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

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