#56AED3#56AED3

#56AED3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.100 H 228.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56AED3
RGB	rgb(86, 174, 211)
HSL	hsl(198, 59%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(198, 59%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.2%, 17.5%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.24, -15.63, -26.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.24, 30.94, 239.65°)
OKLab	oklab(71.11% -0.0667 -0.0744)
OKLCH	oklch(71.11% 0.1 228.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.7271, 36.9507, 67.1283)
Luminance	0.3695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56AED3 #D37B56

analogous

#56D3B9 #56AED3 #566FD3

triadic

#56AED3 #D356AE #AED356

tetradic

#56AED3 #B956D3 #D37B56 #6FD356

square

#56AED3 #B956D3 #D37B56 #6FD356

split-complementary

#56AED3 #D3566F #D3B956

monochromatic

#246C8B #3192BB #56AED3 #87C5E0 #B7DDEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#56AED3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#56AED3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56AED3

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56AED3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56AED3	1.00	2.50	8.39	8.39
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BABD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#899ED3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56aed3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 174, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.100 228.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c6e0',
    500: '#56aed3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56aed3;
$custom-light: #90c6e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56aed3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.76,
    "s": 58.685,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71112,
    "c": 0.09998,
    "h": 228.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56AED3

secondary

#DBB8AA

accent

#7446E2

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #56AED3

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

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