#56AEC0#56AEC0

#56AEC0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.088 H 212.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56AEC0
RGB	rgb(86, 174, 192)
HSL	hsl(190, 46%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(190, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 9.4%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.56, -21.27, -17.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.56, 27.38, 219.03°)
OKLab	oklab(70.34% -0.074 -0.0477)
OKLCH	oklch(70.34% 0.088 212.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.4845, 36.0536, 55.3169)
Luminance	0.3606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56AEC0 #C06856

analogous

#56C09D #56AEC0 #5679C0

triadic

#56AEC0 #C056AE #AEC056

tetradic

#56AEC0 #9D56C0 #C06856 #79C056

square

#56AEC0 #9D56C0 #C06856 #79C056

split-complementary

#56AEC0 #C05679 #C09D56

monochromatic

#2A6571 #3B8D9E #56AEC0 #83C3D1 #AFD9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#56AEC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#56AEC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56AEC0

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56AEC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56AEC0	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A9C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#909DC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56aec0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 174, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.088 212.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec6d3',
    500: '#56aec0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56aec0;
$custom-light: #8ec6d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56aec0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.189,
    "s": 45.69,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70344,
    "c": 0.08806,
    "h": 212.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56AEC0

secondary

#CFAAA2

accent

#6952D5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #56AEC0

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

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