#56AED4#56AED4

#56AED4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.101 H 228.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56AED4
RGB	rgb(86, 174, 212)
HSL	hsl(198, 59%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(198, 59%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.4%, 17.9%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.28, -15.33, -27.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.28, 31.22, 240.59°)
OKLab	oklab(71.15% -0.0664 -0.0758)
OKLCH	oklch(71.15% 0.101 228.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.8529, 37.0010, 67.7906)
Luminance	0.3700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56AED4 #D47C56

analogous

#56D4BB #56AED4 #566FD4

triadic

#56AED4 #D456AE #AED456

tetradic

#56AED4 #BB56D4 #D47C56 #6FD456

square

#56AED4 #BB56D4 #D47C56 #6FD456

split-complementary

#56AED4 #D4566F #D4BB56

monochromatic

#246D8C #3092BD #56AED4 #87C5E0 #B8DDED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#56AED4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#56AED4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56AED4

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56AED4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56AED4	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AABD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#899ED4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56aed4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 174, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.101 228.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c6e1',
    500: '#56aed4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56aed4;
$custom-light: #90c6e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56aed4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.095,
    "s": 59.434,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71154,
    "c": 0.10078,
    "h": 228.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56AED4

secondary

#DCB9AA

accent

#7545E3

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #56AED4

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

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