#56AECF#56AECF

#56AECF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.097 H 225.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56AECF
RGB	rgb(86, 174, 207)
HSL	hsl(196, 56%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(196, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 15.9%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.09, -16.84, -24.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.09, 29.92, 235.74°)
OKLab	oklab(70.94% -0.0682 -0.0688)
OKLCH	oklch(70.94% 0.097 225.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.2319, 36.7526, 64.5201)
Luminance	0.3676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56AECF #CF7756

analogous

#56CFB4 #56AECF #5671CF

triadic

#56AECF #CF56AE #AECF56

tetradic

#56AECF #B456CF #CF7756 #71CF56

square

#56AECF #B456CF #CF7756 #71CF56

split-complementary

#56AECF #CF5671 #CFB456

monochromatic

#266B85 #3391B5 #56AECF #86C5DD #B5DCEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#56AECF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#56AECF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56AECF

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56AECF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56AECF	1.00	2.51	8.35	8.35
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CABD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B9ECF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56aecf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 174, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.097 225.3);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56aecf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.364,
    "s": 55.76,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70943,
    "c": 0.0969,
    "h": 225.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56AECF

secondary

#D9B5A8

accent

#7249DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #56AECF

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

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