#56AED2#56AED2

#56AED2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.099 H 227.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56AED2
RGB	rgb(86, 174, 210)
HSL	hsl(197, 58%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(197, 59%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(59%, 17.1%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.20, -15.94, -26.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.20, 30.67, 238.70°)
OKLab	oklab(71.07% -0.0671 -0.073)
OKLCH	oklch(71.07% 0.099 227.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.6021, 36.9007, 66.4701)
Luminance	0.3690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56AED2 #D27A56

analogous

#56D2B8 #56AED2 #5670D2

triadic

#56AED2 #D256AE #AED256

tetradic

#56AED2 #B856D2 #D27A56 #70D256

square

#56AED2 #B856D2 #D27A56 #70D256

split-complementary

#56AED2 #D25670 #D2B856

monochromatic

#256C89 #3192B9 #56AED2 #86C5DF #B7DCEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#56AED2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#56AED2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56AED2

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56AED2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56AED2	1.00	2.51	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BABD4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#899ED2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56aed2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 174, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.099 227.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c6e0',
    500: '#56aed2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56aed2;
$custom-light: #90c6e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56aed2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.419,
    "s": 57.944,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71069,
    "c": 0.09918,
    "h": 227.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56AED2

secondary

#DBB8A9

accent

#7347E1

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #56AED2

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

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