#56AED0#56AED0

#56AED0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.098 H 226.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56AED0
RGB	rgb(86, 174, 208)
HSL	hsl(197, 56%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(197, 59%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 16.3%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.13, -16.54, -25.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.13, 30.16, 236.74°)
OKLab	oklab(70.99% -0.0678 -0.0702)
OKLCH	oklch(70.99% 0.098 226)
XYZ	xyz(30.3545, 36.8017, 65.1660)
Luminance	0.3680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56AED0 #D07856

analogous

#56D0B5 #56AED0 #5671D0

triadic

#56AED0 #D056AE #AED056

tetradic

#56AED0 #B556D0 #D07856 #71D056

square

#56AED0 #B556D0 #D07856 #71D056

split-complementary

#56AED0 #D05671 #D0B556

monochromatic

#256B86 #3392B6 #56AED0 #86C5DD #B6DCEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#56AED0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#56AED0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56AED0

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56AED0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56AED0	1.00	2.51	8.36	8.36
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CABD2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A9ED0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56aed0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 174, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.098 226.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c6de',
    500: '#56aed0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56aed0;
$custom-light: #90c6de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56aed0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.721,
    "s": 56.481,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70985,
    "c": 0.09764,
    "h": 226
  },
  "luminance": 0.36805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56AED0

secondary

#D9B6A8

accent

#7248E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #56AED0

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

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