#56AECB#56AECB

#56AECB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.094 H 222.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56AECB
RGB	rgb(86, 174, 203)
HSL	hsl(195, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(195, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 14.3%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.95, -18.04, -22.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.95, 29.03, 231.57°)
OKLab	oklab(70.78% -0.0697 -0.0632)
OKLCH	oklch(70.78% 0.094 222.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.7491, 36.5595, 61.9773)
Luminance	0.3656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56AECB #CB7356

analogous

#56CBAE #56AECB #5674CB

triadic

#56AECB #CB56AE #AECB56

tetradic

#56AECB #AE56CB #CB7356 #74CB56

square

#56AECB #AE56CB #CB7356 #74CB56

split-complementary

#56AECB #CB5674 #CBAE56

monochromatic

#276A7F #3690AE #56AECB #85C4D9 #B4DBE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#56AECB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#56AECB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56AECB

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56AECB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56AECB	1.00	2.53	8.31	8.31
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DAACD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C9DCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56aecb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 174, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.094 222.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc6db',
    500: '#56aecb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56aecb;
$custom-light: #8fc6db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56aecb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.872,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70779,
    "c": 0.09409,
    "h": 222.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56AECB

secondary

#D6B2A6

accent

#6F4BDC

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FA

border

#CCD1D3

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #56AECB

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

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