#56AECE#56AECE

#56AECE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.096 H 224.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56AECE
RGB	rgb(86, 174, 206)
HSL	hsl(196, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(196, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.3%, 15.5%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.05, -17.14, -24.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.05, 29.68, 234.72°)
OKLab	oklab(70.9% -0.0686 -0.0674)
OKLCH	oklch(70.9% 0.096 224.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.1100, 36.7039, 63.8783)
Luminance	0.3671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56AECE #CE7656

analogous

#56CEB2 #56AECE #5672CE

triadic

#56AECE #CE56AE #AECE56

tetradic

#56AECE #B256CE #CE7656 #72CE56

square

#56AECE #B256CE #CE7656 #72CE56

split-complementary

#56AECE #CE5672 #CEB256

monochromatic

#266B83 #3491B3 #56AECE #85C5DC #B5DBEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#56AECE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.34

#56AECE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56AECE

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56AECE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56AECE	1.00	2.52	8.34	8.34
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CABD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B9ECE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56aece;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 174, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.096 224.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c6dd',
    500: '#56aece',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56aece;
$custom-light: #90c6dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56aece",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196,
    "s": 55.046,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70902,
    "c": 0.09617,
    "h": 224.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56AECE

secondary

#D8B5A8

accent

#7149DE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #56AECE

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

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