#56AED6#56AED6

#56AED6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.102 H 230.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56AED6
RGB	rgb(86, 174, 214)
HSL	hsl(199, 61%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(199, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.8%, 18.7%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.35, -14.72, -28.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.35, 31.79, 242.43°)
OKLab	oklab(71.24% -0.0656 -0.0787)
OKLCH	oklch(71.24% 0.102 230.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.1067, 37.1026, 69.1275)
Luminance	0.3711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#56AED6 #D67E56

analogous

#56D6BE #56AED6 #566ED6

triadic

#56AED6 #D656AE #AED656

tetradic

#56AED6 #BE56D6 #D67E56 #6ED656

square

#56AED6 #BE56D6 #D67E56 #6ED656

split-complementary

#56AED6 #D6566E #D6BE56

monochromatic

#236D8F #2F93C0 #56AED6 #87C6E2 #B9DDEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#56AED6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#56AED6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56AED6

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56AED6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56AED6	1.00	2.49	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AACD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#889ED5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56aed6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 174, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.102 230.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c6e2',
    500: '#56aed6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56aed6;
$custom-light: #91c6e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56aed6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.75,
    "s": 60.952,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7124,
    "c": 0.10245,
    "h": 230.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56AED6

secondary

#DDBAAB

accent

#7644E4

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #56AED6

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

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