#56AED5#56AED5

#56AED5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.102 H 229.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56AED5
RGB	rgb(86, 174, 213)
HSL	hsl(198, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(198, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.6%, 18.3%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.32, -15.02, -27.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.32, 31.50, 241.52°)
OKLab	oklab(71.2% -0.066 -0.0773)
OKLCH	oklch(71.2% 0.102 229.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.9794, 37.0516, 68.4570)
Luminance	0.3705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56AED5 #D57D56

analogous

#56D5BC #56AED5 #566ED5

triadic

#56AED5 #D556AE #AED556

tetradic

#56AED5 #BC56D5 #D57D56 #6ED556

square

#56AED5 #BC56D5 #D57D56 #6ED556

split-complementary

#56AED5 #D5566E #D5BC56

monochromatic

#236D8D #2F93BE #56AED5 #87C5E1 #B8DDED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#56AED5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#56AED5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56AED5

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56AED5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56AED5	1.00	2.50	8.41	8.41
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AABD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#889ED4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56aed5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 174, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.102 229.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c6e2',
    500: '#56aed5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56aed5;
$custom-light: #90c6e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56aed5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.425,
    "s": 60.19,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71197,
    "c": 0.10161,
    "h": 229.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56AED5

secondary

#DDBAAA

accent

#7544E3

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #56AED5

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

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