#56AED1#56AED1

#56AED1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.098 H 226.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56AED1
RGB	rgb(86, 174, 209)
HSL	hsl(197, 57%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(197, 59%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 16.7%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.17, -16.24, -25.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.17, 30.41, 237.73°)
OKLab	oklab(71.03% -0.0675 -0.0716)
OKLCH	oklch(71.03% 0.098 226.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.4780, 36.8510, 65.8160)
Luminance	0.3685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56AED1 #D17956

analogous

#56D1B6 #56AED1 #5671D1

triadic

#56AED1 #D156AE #AED156

tetradic

#56AED1 #B656D1 #D17956 #71D156

square

#56AED1 #B656D1 #D17956 #71D156

split-complementary

#56AED1 #D15671 #D1B656

monochromatic

#256C88 #3292B8 #56AED1 #86C5DE #B6DCEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#56AED1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#56AED1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56AED1

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56AED1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56AED1	1.00	2.51	8.37	8.37
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BABD3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A9ED1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56aed1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 174, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.098 226.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c6df',
    500: '#56aed1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56aed1;
$custom-light: #90c6df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56aed1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.073,
    "s": 57.209,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71027,
    "c": 0.0984,
    "h": 226.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56AED1

secondary

#DAB7A9

accent

#7347E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #56AED1

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

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