#56AECD#56AECD

#56AECD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.095 H 223.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56AECD
RGB	rgb(86, 174, 205)
HSL	hsl(196, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(196, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(58%, 15.1%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.02, -17.44, -23.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.02, 29.46, 233.69°)
OKLab	oklab(70.86% -0.069 -0.066)
OKLCH	oklch(70.86% 0.095 223.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.9889, 36.6554, 63.2406)
Luminance	0.3666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56AECD #CD7556

analogous

#56CDB0 #56AECD #5673CD

triadic

#56AECD #CD56AE #AECD56

tetradic

#56AECD #B056CD #CD7556 #73CD56

square

#56AECD #B056CD #CD7556 #73CD56

split-complementary

#56AECD #CD5673 #CDB056

monochromatic

#266A82 #3491B1 #56AECD #85C5DB #B4DBE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#56AECD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#56AECD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56AECD

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56AECD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56AECD	1.00	2.52	8.33	8.33
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CAACF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B9ECD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56aecd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 174, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.095 223.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c6dc',
    500: '#56aecd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56aecd;
$custom-light: #90c6dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56aecd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.63,
    "s": 54.338,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70861,
    "c": 0.09546,
    "h": 223.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56AECD

secondary

#D8B4A7

accent

#714ADE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #56AECD

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

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